Bengaluru, Jan. 5 -- Reacting to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's statement that with the blessings of the people, the record of former Chief Minister Devaraja Urs would be broken, Union Minister for Heavy Industries & Steel, H D Kumaraswamy asked what merit does the Chief Minister have and said that looking at the condition of the State, his record deserved to be buried.

Addressing a press conference at the JD(S) State office, JP Bhavan, H D Kumaraswamy said that Siddaramaiah, who boasts of having administered the State for a long time, is in fact a textbook example of bad governance. He expressed anguish, stating that Siddaramaiah's administrative record deserves to be consigned to dust.

"Karnataka, which once stood as a testim...