New Delhi: After his emotional speech at a JDS event fuelled speculation about the strain in ties with ally Congress, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Tuesday said he had shed tears not out of "helplessness" and asserted that he did not speak anything against the Congress.
Kumaraswamy said there was nothing wrong in being emotional at a party event which was like a "family function" for him and accused the media of hyping the issue. The JDS leader said nowhere during his speech had he said that Congress or its leaders were troubling him.
I'm an emotional person, but it is not my helplessness. Did I shed tears at a government programme? As the chief minister I have worked towards implementing programmes vigorously," he said.
"I was speaking at my family programme. I have shared my pain with family members. I have not criticised Congress leaders. While talking emotionally, it is natural that tears flow. More than a CM, I am an ordinary person with emotions," he told reporters here. See P5