BJP invites Siddaramaiah, DKS, Deshpande to participate in Advisory Council meeting

Bengaluru, Jan 29: Karnataka Minister for Home Basavaraj Bommai on Friday invited opposition leader in the Legislative Assembly K Siddaramaiah for a discussion to resolve the issues over his letter to the Speaker about boycotting the House Committee meeting.

Speaking to newsmen here, he said that he had a discussion with Siddaramaiah, KPCC President D K Shivakumar and Congress leader R V Deshpande and appealed to them to attend the meeting.

Mr Bommai said that Siddaramaiah was upset about the previous Advisory Committee meetings and he had asked him to resolve any confusion through discussion.

"We don't know what their demands are, if they come to the meeting we can debate and discuss it. I have appealed to them to discuss all their issues and we will listen to it with an open mind", he added.

Meanwhile, Siddaramaiah, in a tweet criticised BJP's dictatorial attitude.

"We have decided not to attend the next meetings of this Committee to condemn the unilateral move of the state government. The state government is acting as a dictator, unilaterally, in complete violation of matters and procedures decided in the House's Advisory Committee. It is an insult to the executive advisory committee of the House,' Siddaramaiah said.