Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy on Monday chose to pour his heart out on several issues and claimed that the media was creating a rift between him and the electorate.
Lashing out at the media stating that there were several negative reports against his government, Kumaraswamy said that he was being judged too early. “What have I done? Why am I being targeted so much? It has only been two months since I took charge,” he remarked at event held at Shikshakara Sadana here.
He sought to know that even as the Narendra Modi government was forgiven for an increase in excise duty by a large margin, why he was being hounded for a minimal increase in the fuel prices.
“The increase in bills will amount to only Rs 10 per family. Most of us spend Rs 20 just on buying mineral water bottles when we go out. I do not see why it has to affect us so much,” the chief minister
said.
Speaking about a video of fishermen in Udupi shouting slogans against him for not giving importance to all districts equally, he said that protesters did not even understand English but held placards. “This was a planned protest against me,” Kumaraswamy added.
He said that he was not someone who would sit in the Vidhana Soudha but assured to meet the aggrieved in their own localities in any part of the state.