Hubballi: Former chief minister and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday said that new Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is nothing but a "rubber stamp chief minister".

Speaking to media here, he said that Congress did not call him a rubber stamp, but Bommai himself is saying that he is not a rubber stamp.

Stating that when people are in trouble due to the flood situation, BJP leaders are engaged in lobbying for ministerial berths. They are betraying the people. This government is without ministers to supervise flood relief works. Bommai visited rain-hit areas in Uttara Kannada districts just for namesake, he pointed out.

Even though the chief minister is changed, corruption in the BJP government would continue. As the government has gone bankrupt, Bommai should get funds from the Union Government, which the State should get rightfully, he added.