Bengaluru, 28 December (H.S.): R Ashok, leader of the opposition in the state Assembly, has taken a dig against KC Venugopal, General Secretary AICC and in charge of Karnataka, for meddling in the administrative affairs of the state.
In a fierce reaction, R Ashok has issued the following statement, targetting the AICC functionary:
Who is @kcvenugopalmp to “intervene” in the administration of Karnataka?
Is he a Super CM, or does the Congress high command believe elected state governments function on Delhi diktats?
Karnataka is governed by a constitutionally elected Chief Minister and Cabinet, not by an AICC General Secretary. Expressing a party opinion is one thing, issuing moral sermons and pressure tactics on a state government is blatant overreach and an insult to federalism.
What’s more troubling is the rank hypocrisy.
❓Has K C Venugopal ever shown the same urgency when medical and other waste from Kerala has been illegally dumped along Karnataka’s borders, threatening Bandipur, forest regions, public health, and wildlife?
❓ Has he spoken up for Karnataka’s environment, farmers, or border districts with the same “concern and compassion”?
Silence there. Sermons here.
This selective outrage exposes the truth: this is not about humanity or sensitivity, it’s about Congress high-command politics, Kerala appeasement, and election optics, especially when @priyankagandhi Gandhi represents Kerala.
Karnataka’s dignity, self-respect, and administrative authority cannot be compromised to please party managers sitting in Delhi. The people of this state did not vote for a remote-control government.
Humanitarian concerns must be addressed through law, due process, rehabilitation, and accountable state mechanisms, not through telephonic/social media instructions from party officials with no constitutional role.
Karnataka deserves respect, autonomy, and honest governance, not high-command theatrics.
Karnataka is not a colony of @RahulGandhi and his coterie.
@BJP4Karnataka
Hindusthan Samachar / Manohar Yadavatti
