YOGI, KTK CM IN TWITTER WAR
UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Siddaramaiah, the CM of Congress-ruled Karanataka sparred on twitter with both tweeting barbs at each other on a day when Yogi visited Bengaluru for the Parivartan Yatra rally, his second in three weeks in the southern state. Soon, the twitter war between the two CMs turned into a full fledged controversy with both BJP and the Congress taking to the social media platforms to target each other.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah sparred on twitter on Sunday. Both tweeted barbs at each other on a day when Yogi visited Bengaluru for the BJP’s Parivartan Yatra rally, his second in three weeks in the southern state.
Soon, the twitter-war between the two chief ministers turned into a full fledged political controversy with both the BJP and the Congress taking to the social media platforms to target each other.
In fact more than his speech in which he accused the Congress of ruining Karanataka, it was his tweets that started trending on the social media.
Soon after Adityanath landed in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah tweeted that the UP CM had a “lot to learn” from the Congressruled state.
“I welcome UP CM Shri @myogiadityanath to our state. There is a lot you can learn from us sir. When you are here, please visit an Indira canteen and a ration shop. It will help you address the starvation deaths sometimes reported from your state,” tweeted Siddaramaiah signing off his tweet with #YogiInBengaluru
Indira canteens, modelled on the lines of the hugely popular Amma canteens in Tamil Nadu, are mandated to provide hygienic, nutritious food such as idlis and rice dishes with the usual accompaniments to the urban poor.
The prices are as low as Rs 5 for breakfast and Rs 10 for lunch and dinner. A similar canteen with subsidised food has also been envisaged by the BJP government in UP.
@INCKarnataka, the twitter handle of Karnataka unit of the Congress too targeted the Adityanath government. It cited NCRB data to claim that Adityanathruled UP, tops India in crime signing off the tweet.
Within hours, Adityanath responded. “Thank you for the welcome @siddaramaiah ji. I heard number of farmers committing suicide in Karnataka was highest in your regime, not to mention the numerous deaths and transfer of honest officers. As UP CM I am working to undo the misery and lawlessness unleashed by your allies,” he tweeted.
Adityanath’s post was retweeted 4239 times and had 7436 likes against Siddaramaiah whose comment was retweeted 1528 times with 2625 likes.
The BJP Karnataka unit’s twitter handle @BJP4Karnataka got active. “Thank you, @inckarnataka for putting out a report card of your allies – SP and BSP who ruled UP for the last 14 years and supported the UPA between 2000-14. Do you realise that Yogi has been CM for ONLY 10 months and things are already improving! Being out of power for so long must be hard,” went the tweet.