Karnataka CM Bommai struggling to get a grip on administration?

By Mehak Mudassir

I’d say Bommai’s has been one of the worst ever tenures I’ve seen of any CM in Karnataka, with unprecedented communal polarisation which has disturbed peace during exams and damaged social relations which matter so much during festivals. Potholed roads have taken lives and the BJP has lost a crucial Assembly election in the CM’s home district. No development worth mentioning has happened so far in the state.
- Cynthia Stephen, AAP, vice President, Sarvagnanagar assembly conditituency, Bengaluru

Bommai was brought in by the RSS to prepare for the Assembly elections by polarising the atmosphere. A low key politician, with no substantial following, he has been ineffective when it comes to safeguarding Muslim rights. He wants to be the next Yogi Adityanath but seems to be forgetting that South India is not the cow belt. Karnataka, specifically Bengaluru, has lost thousands of crores of possible investments, with industrialists calling out the CM for his inefficiency in maintaining law and order. If Bommai continues his poisonous bigotry, he will go down in history as the worst CM of Karnataka with blots of disinvestment, communal clashes and maybe even riots.
- Zia Nomani, Spokesperson, AIMIM, Bengaluru Dist

Communal violence directed towards the minority community was something Karnataka had rarely witnessed. A state that until recently was filled with harmony, has been disrupted with hate and violence. Friends and neighbours turning against one another because of different religious beliefs are not what Indian ethos has been about. We have lived together all these decades. Targeting students’ education and poor people’s livelihood is the opposite of progress. Causing the youth to turn against each other is nothing but a way of destroying the future of our country. Instigating hate between people goes against the very values this country was built upon – democracy. A government’s aim should be to strive towards development and not create communal hatred for the sake of votes, or whatever. Such behaviour can never result in the development of anyone.
- Fiza Farheen, Student, Bengaluru

This has been one of the worst regimes I’ve ever seen. Hundred percent pestilence, zero percent governance. We have been witness to the almost complete saffronisation of Karnataka with hate politics spreading its hydra-headed tentacles all across. “Actions speak louder than words”. And no more is this adage more true than in our State under Bommai.
- Dr Irfan Riazi, Mysuru

Bommai’s government is only about promoting of Hindutva. Law and order, secularism, development and infrastructure have been a complete failure. BBMP and BDA are being blasted by the court time and again for not working properly. However, his government in the state is not changing the heads of the department. The bureaucracy, right from bottom to the top, is corrupt. There’s no control over officers. Therefore there is no hope left for this government anymore.
- Sai Dutta, Social Activist

Chief Minister Bommai has been successful in maintaining law and order so far. The situation during the death of actor Puneeth Rajkumar was well managed. The communally tense atmosphere in the state since the hijab row, and series of incidents of strong communal tones, has also been handled satisfactorily. Opposition leaders or some community leaders may accuse the CM for the law order situation, citing communal clashes. But in reality the Hindu outfits should blame Bommai regarding Shimoga Harsha murder case, Gadag stabbing incident, Mulbagal stone pelting on Ram Navami incident etc. When it comes to secularism, Bommai so far has not made any insensitive remarks regarding communal issues, and has maintained the dignity and decorum of the position he holds. As