Congress' Lavanya Ballal says HD Kumaraswamy has layouts named after him. Internet reacts

Lavanya Ballal Jain hit back at trolls who criticised her over an X post on HD Kumaraswamy.

Congress spokesperson Lavanya Ballal Jain faced criticism over a post in which she said that the Kumaraswamy Layouts are named afer union minister HD Kumarswamy. In response to HD Kumaraswamy’s recent criticism of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah regarding the naming of "Siddaramaiah Marga," the Congress leader remarked on the irony of the situation. She suggested it was hypocritical for Kumaraswamy to object when "many layouts in Karnataka are named after him."

Lavanya Ballal Jain is a Congress spokesperson from Karnataka.

The statement quickly drew attention while social media users saying that Kumaraswamy Layout in south Bengaluru was established long before HD Kumaraswamy's political career began. The incident sparked a debate online.

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In an X post, Lavanya Ballal Jain said, "Pretty rich coming from a guy who has layouts named after him." Social media users said that Kumaraswamy Layout in Bengaluru is named after Lord Subramanya who is called Kumaraswamy.

A user wrote, “If you’re referring to Kumaraswamy Layout in Bangalore then it is nowhere related to his name. The layout was formed in 1970 by BDA, it’s named after Lord Subramanya. HD Kumaraswamy was 11 year old back then.”

Another user wrote, “Kumaraswamy Layout—was it really named after someone called Kumaraswamy? He was only around 10-11 years old at the time. Actually, the layout is named after Lord Shri Udbhava Kumaraswamy."

Lavanya Ballal Jain's viral post on X got a community note, based on context added by readers.

The community note under her post on X said, “Kumaraswamy Layout is named after the Udbhava Kumaraswamy Temple but not after the Ex Chief Minister of Karnataka & the Current Union Minister Mr. HD Kumaraswamy. Residents in the area have high reverence for the temple.”

The Congress spokesperson shot back at trolls and implied that she was referring to Kumaraswamy Layout in Belagavi.

On a lighter note, some people also gave witty responses to Lavanya Ballal's viral claim. A user funnily wrote, “Thank God my name is Ajay and not Vijay. Because Lavanya will assume I named Vijayanagar after myself. And fortunately there's no Ajaynagar in Bengaluru.”

A controversy has erupted when the Mysuru City Corporation, the civic body of Mysuru proposed to rename the stretch between Sri Lakshmi Venkataramana Swamy Temple Circle and Royal Inn Junction at Metagalli as Siddaramaiah Arogya Marga and even public suggestions were invited on the move. A few reports suggest that it was Chamaraja MLA Harish Gowda who first recommended the name of Siddaramaiah to the road. HD Kumaraswamy slammed CM Siddaramaiah and asked him to name the entire state after him.