BJP questions Surjewala’s presence in meeting of DCM Shivakumar and state officials

BENGALURU:

What has Congress state in-charge Randeep Surjewala to do with the senior BBMP officials, who has no official relationship with either the state government or BBMP

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday questioned the presence of Congress National General Secretary and Karnataka incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala at a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar with officials of the state government and BBMP at a private hotel.

The BJP shared a photograph of the meeting on its Twitter handle in which Surjewala is sitting next to Shivakumar in a meeting where Karnataka government’s Additional Chief Secretary Rakesh Singh, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath and other government officers were present.

ಕಂಜಾಜುಲೇಷನ್ಸ್ ಬ್ರದರ್…

For politely obliging your high command & deleting your earlier tweet 👇 of The Secret Meeting presided by Randeep Surjewala!

ಕಂಜಾಜುಲೇಷನ್ಸ್ @BZZameerAhmedK ! https://t.co/MLt7RT20Ar pic.twitter.com/ikpUI0Yxq0

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 13, 2023

The photograph showed that Energy Minister K J George, Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Shivaji Nagar MLA Rizwan Arshad were also present there.

According to the BJP Karnataka unit, the meeting took place in a private five-star hotel.

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಶಾಂಗ್ರಿಲಾ ಹೋಟೆಲ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ #ATMSarkara ದ ಗೌಪ್ಯ ಸಭೆಯ ರಹಸ್ಯವೇನು…?

ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರದೊಟ್ಟಿಗಾಗಲಿ, ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗಾಗಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಸಂಬಂಧವಿರದ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್‌ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ರಣದೀಪ್ ಸುರ್ಜೇವಾಲರಿಗೆ ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ಉನ್ನತ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳೊಟ್ಟಿಗೇನು ಕೆಲಸ..?

ಇದು 85% ಡೀಲ್‌ ಫಿಕ್ಸಿಂಗ್ ಸಭೆಯೇ..?… pic.twitter.com/yBV88KPvhe

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 13, 2023

”What is the secret of #ATMSarkara?’ ATMSarkara’s clandestine meeting at Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru? What has Congress state in-charge Randeep Surjewala to do with the senior BBMP officials, who has no official relationship with either the state government or BBMP? Is this 85 per cent deal fixing meeting? Please answer @Siddaramaiah Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and @DKShivakumar D K Shivakumar,” the BJP tweeted.

There was no immediate reaction from either the Congress state unit or Surjewala.PTI