Bengaluru, July 22 (Representative) Taking a jibe at Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar over his “loot” comment, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the senior leader has told the truth.”He (Ramesh Kumar) is a senior, he is well experienced, we have immense respect for him. We keep listening to him in the Assembly. He generally speaks the facts. I believe that he had spoken the truth,” he told reporters here. On Thursday, Kumar had said that it was time for the Congress leaders who had made enough in the name of the Nehru-Gandhi family should come forward to help them.”We have made enough for 3-4 generations in the name of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.
If we cannot sacrifice this much and come forward to help them now, then insects will crawl in our food,” he said, addressing a protest rally pertaining to ED summons to Sonia in the National Herald money laundering case. BJP grabbed the opportunity to slam the Congress for its loot for the last 60 years across India. In a tweet, Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar congratulated the senior Congress leader for his honesty in acknowledging that the party has looted India for the last 60 years and questioned how they would go before the people to seek votes.
“Senior Karnataka Cong leader and former Speaker Ramesh Kumar says every congressman has made enough wealth that lasts for 3-4 generations in the name of the Nehru-Gandhi family and we should repay our debt by defending Sonia Gandhi against #ED summons. That’s it, that’s the tweet!” he said. The Congress had staged nationwide protests in several cities across the country including Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, Bengaluru, Dehradun, Guwahati and Hyderabad on Thursday as the Congress chief was summoned for questioning.Some protests turned violent. In Bengaluru, a car was allegedly set ablaze by the protestors.Sonia appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi in connection with the alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.