Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank calls Modi ‘nalayak’
KALABURAGI:
Days after Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge’s ”venomous snake” barb at Prime Minister, his son and former minister Priyank Kharge, has called Narendra Modi ‘nalayak’.
Priyank, who is seeking reelection from Chittapur in Kalaburagi district in the May 10 Assembly polls, said the Prime Minister, while claiming to be a son of the Banjara community, was ”inept” because he and his party had created confusion about reservations for the SC community.
ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ: ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮೋದಿಗೆ ‘ನಾಲಾಯಕ್’ ಎಂದ ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ
“When you (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) came to Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) what did you tell the people of Banjara community? “Aap sab log dariye mat. Banjara ka ek beta Dilli mein Baitha hai (You do not be afraid. A son of Banjara is sitting in Delhi.),” said Priyank quoting from Modi’s speech.
ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ: ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಮೋದಿಗೆ ‘ನಾಲಾಯಕ್’ ಎಂದ ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಆಯೋಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ದೂರು
”Aisa nalayak beta baitha to kaise hota bhai? Ghar kaise chalega?” (If an inept son is sitting in Delhi, how can you run the family?), he asked, addressing the people.
What would Priyank Kharge be doing if he wasn’t Mallikarjun Kharge’s son? It is anybody’s guess! It is quite rich for someone, who is feeding of his father’s name, to call a democratically elected PM ‘nalayak’. It is fine to disagree with the PM, criticise him, but calling him… pic.twitter.com/ohDGFPEwFA
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) May 1, 2023
He went on to say, ”What we are saying is that he said he is the son of Banjara community and created confusion pertaining to the reservation. Didn’t injustice happen to the Banjara community? Why were stones thrown at Yediyurappa’s house in Shikaripura (in Shivamogga district)? Why Bandh was observed in Kalaburagi and Jewargi observed? Today there is confusion in the reservation.”
Priyank, who was a minister in the Siddaramaiah government, said, ”Prime Minister during his earlier visit said he was a son of the Koli community and the Kabbaliga and Kuruba communities. Today he calls himself a son of the Banjara community.”
At the fag end of its term, the BJP government passed a bill to increase the reservation for the Scheduled Castes from 15 per cent to 17 per cent. The government said the internal reservation of SC (Left) now stood at six per cent, SC (Right) at 5.5 per cent and other SCs 5.5 per cent. PTI
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