Bengaluru – After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru, former BJP national secretary and Karnataka Legislative Council member C. T. Ravi said the discussion between the chief minister and the head of state is a constitutional matter, not a political one.
Ravi told reporters on Monday that “their meetings and discussions should not, and cannot, be viewed through a political lens.” He also added that the state should first move on to flood‑relief work before asking the centre for help.
When asked why people talk about changing Karnataka’s chief minister during crises, Ravi said it was a political gimmick. “People always make it the top story when a big problem hits the state,” he said. “Whoever is the chief minister makes no difference. The BJP doesn’t destabilise non‑Congress governments. That’s the Congress’s track record. Over 90 of the country’s 120‑plus instances of President’s Rule were imposed for political reasons by the Congress.”
He recalled the 1958 dismissal of the first non‑Congress Kerala government by Jawaharlal Nehru and the 1992 dismissal of S. R. Bommai’s Karnataka government. “That started a practice of dismissing governments for political reasons, which belongs to the Congress, not Narendra Modi,” Ravi said.
The BJP spokesperson described the current Karnataka government as “bad” but added that “we have no interest in toppling them. If they fall on their own, that is their fate.”
Speaking about disaster relief, Ravi stressed that past chief ministers, including B. S. Yediyurappa, first released state‑treasury funds for relief before seeking central assistance. He repeated that the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) will give funds only after a survey. “Releasing state money is a tradition that all Karnataka governments have followed,” he emphasised.
On the sugarcane issue, Ravi asked who set the blame on the hundreds of tractors loaded with sugarcane that were burnt. He urged that farmer representatives and sugar‑factory owners be consulted rather than having the government make unilateral decisions. “Because of a thick‑skinned approach, farmers keep protesting,” he said.
Ravi’s interview was given on a Sunday in Bengaluru and highlights the BJP’s critique of Karnataka’s ruling coalition and its handling of flood relief, disaster financing, and the sugarcane sector.
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