Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy stoked a controversy on Friday, claiming a retired military officer had told him in 2017 that Narendra Modi would create a ‘story of a conflict between India and Pakistan’ and ‘mislead’ the people to seek votes. His remarks invited a furious reaction from BJP, which said the CM had committed ‘treason’ by not disclosing the information beforehand.
“Two years ago a retired military officer had told me “Note down my words that before the LS polls a story of conflict between India and Pakistan will be created and this man (Modi) will again mislead the people of India to seek votes. He had told me two years ago itself,” Kumaraswamy claimed at an election rally at Koppa in Chikkamagaluru.
