In the notice, Siddaramaiah demanded a public apology from the Prime Minister over the allegations made during his public speeches against the Congress government.
The notice also mentions the BJP’s ad campaign in the state, which also targeted the Siddaramaiah government. The Karnataka chief minister has threatened to sue the BJP and the PM if the latter fails to apologise. In fact, the Congress has threatened to file Rs 100 crore defamation suit in that case.
In his public rallies in the poll-bound Karnataka, PM Modi has targeted Siddaramaiah and his government, calling it a ‘Seedha Rupaiya Sarkar’ and ’10 per cent government’.
Earlier today, Siddaramaiah hit back at the BJP and PM Modi, over accusations that he aided, abetted, protected and promoted the cheating of private investors by a firm involved in running a ponzi scheme.
The chief minister tweeted: “If BJP wants to go with this logic of using a photo to accuse me then it should also accuse PM Modi for his photo with Nirav Modi in Davos.”
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had earlier released photographs of Siddaramaiah with Vijay Eswaran, claiming the two met in September 2013. Eswaran is an absconder and is wanted for financial fraud.