CM Bommai accuses Congress, JDS of politicising issue ahead of elections

Commenting on the Nandini controversy, Karnataka’s Chief inister accused Congress and JD(S) of playing ‘politics’ over it.
“Nandini is a very good brand of our state…Congress and JD(S) are doing politics at the time of elections,” Bommai said in Delhi on Monday.
With elections around the corner, there has been mudslinging going on in Karnataka between the BJP and its political rivals over Nadini, the brand owned by the Karnataka Milk Federation, a federation of milk producers under the ownership of the Karnataka Ministry of Cooperation.
The controversy is over the alleged ‘entry’ of Amul, another milk cooperative based in BJP-ruled Gujarat. On Sunday, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Karnataka, whipping up the controversy, Karnataka opposition leader Siddaramaiah asked him a rhetorical question through Twitter: “Are you now trying to steal Nandini (KMF) from us?.
In another tweet, he alleged that the state’s milk product had been affected since the day union cooperative minister Amit Sha spoke about the possibility of a merger between the Karnataka Milk Federation and Amul.
In a show of support for Nandini, Congress Karnataka Chief D. K. Shivakumar visited one of its milk parlours in the Hasan district of Karnataka on Monday.
He claimed that Nandini is better than Amul, and he was seen buying and consuming Nandini products.
“We already have Nandini, which is a better brand than Amul… We don’t need any Amul. Our water, our milk, and our soil are strong,” Shivakumar told Media.
“In Karnataka, it’s a question of our farmers rights. More than 70 lakh farmers produce milk and give it to Nandini.