"Consecutive droughts, flood has brought farmers under distress and it is the time to rush to their aid," CM Kumaraswamy told the Prime Minister.
Kumaraswamy alleged that Modi targeted him only to hide his 'failures' in the last four-and-half years.
The chief minister said he had already directed the police and intelligence departments and other officials to take all precautionary measures.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Saturday said he would retire from politics if it was proven that the audio clip released by him about BJP state unit president B S Yeddyurappa's alleged toppling game was mimicry and concocted.
The statement came after Congress’ C Puttaranga Shetty, a minister in the state government, said that for him, Siddaramaiah was still the chief minister.
Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy says "...If they want to continue with the same thing, I am ready to step down. They are crossing the line", when asked 'Congress MLAs are saying that Siddaramaiah is their CM'.'
The Swami had been suffering from lung infection for the past few weeks.
Setting the tone for the Lok Sabha polls, leaders from 22 opposition parties came together at the mega rally here on Saturday and declared they will put up a united fight to oust the Narendra Modi government.
According to reports, Karnataka Congress MLA Anand Singh had to be hospitalised after an alleged brawl with other party legislators while staying at a resort in Bengaluru.
The Congress party over the past week has been accusing the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of allegedly poaching its legislators.
BSY's remarks came after four dissident Congress MLAs on Friday skipped the CLP meeting in Bengaluru that was called as a show of strength against an alleged bid by the BJP to dislodge the H D Kumaraswamy-led Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) government.
Turmoil in Karnataka's polity continues as BJP calls back its MLAs from Gurugram resort while Congress lodges its in Bengaluru hotel.
The crucial meet was being seen as a show of strength for the Congress, in a counter to BJP's alleged toppling bid which the ruling coalition has said has turned out to be a "flop".
The BJP, on the other hand, while denying the poaching allegations, has lodged its legislators in a private resort at Gurugram, Haryana.
On Tuesday, two independent MLAs- H Nagesh and R Shankar- withdrew their support to the Kumaraswamy government and wrote letters to the state governor in this regard.
The latest development comes amid an ongoing political war between the coalition partners JD-S and Congress on the one hand and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the other over alleged poaching of Congress legislators by the BJP.
State BJP President BS Yeddyurappa has alleged that the ruling JD(S)-Congress coalition was trying to luring its MLAs.
Congress and JD(S) had bitterly fought the May 2018 assembly polls, but joined hands as the polls threw up a hung verdict.
Dismissing the remarks made by the prime minister, CM Kumaraswamy claimed that more than 60,000 farmers have been benefitted by the state government's loan waiver scheme.
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy met Union Coal Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday here and demanded the Centre to ensure immediate supply of coal to Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS).
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