Siddaramaiah backs Kamal Haasan; says Godse, Pragya Thakur belong to ‘terrorist family’

May 19, 2019, 4:19 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah was in Delhi on Sunday (May 19) to meet the Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He said the meeting with Rahul at the latter’s residence was to discuss about Sunday’s Karnataka Assembly by-polls.

Talking to MyNation after the meeting, the Congress leader agreed with actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan and called Nathuram Godse a terrorist, while claiming that BJP's Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur too belonged to a ‘terrorist family’. Siddaramaiah also accused the RSS for West Bengal poll violence. The seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha election is underway on Sunday. The result will be declared on May 23.