Karnataka Minister, Cong MP almost come to blows at public event in CM’s presence

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಎಂದರೆ ಗೂಂಡಾ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಎಂಬುದಕ್ಕೆ ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಬೇರೆ ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ಬೇರೆ ಬೇಕಿಲ್ಲ.

ಒಬ್ಬ ಸಂಸದರಿಗೆ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಇರುವ ವೇದಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಗೆ ವರ್ತಿಸಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನವಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವುದು ವಿಪರ್ಯಾಸ.

ಯಥಾ ರಾಜ ತಥಾ ಪ್ರಜಾ ಎಂಬಂತೆ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ನಾಯಕರು, ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು ವರ್ತಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದು ಖಂಡನೀಯ. pic.twitter.com/pp9GhdUIzl

— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) January 3, 2022

Suresh and other Congress leaders subsequently sat down on the stage in protest.

Amid the protest, Bommai, addressing the gathering, said individual egos should not come in the way of respecting icons like Ambedkar and Kempegowda.

Pointing out that he has come to Ramanagara for the first time as CM, he said, ”I have come here to contribute to development. The development will happen with everybody’s cooperation and not by one individual….let’s all work together for development….” Suresh, who spoke later, said he would only apologize to the Chief Minister for what happened and not to anyone else, and attacked Narayan in his speech.

”Are you challenging us on the stage? fix the time….what culture is this? Did RSS teach this?…..Don’t talk about our culture, we have culture. Mr Ashwath Narayan, we need not learn from you,” he said.

As Suresh referred to RSS, BJP supporters among the audience objected to it.

Later, after the event, Congress workers tore up Narayan’s posters as the mark of protest.

Bommai, later speaking to reporters, termed the incident as unfortunate and said it will in no way affect his government’s commitment for the development of Ramanagara district.

”We should all work together for development….there is no need to create an atmosphere of election, much before the election,” he said.

Stating that the incident is the best example to prove that Congress culture is ”goonda culture”, state BJP in a tweet, condemning it, said ”it is ironic that an MP doesn’t have the basic sense as to how to behave on the stage, where the Chief Minister is present.” Several BJP leaders including its state President Nalin Kumar Kateel and Narayan’s cabinet colleagues condemned Suresh’s conduct.

Meanwhile, jumping to his brother Suresh’s defence, Congress President D K Shivakumar questioned Ashwath Narayan’s relationship with Ramanagara. ”What has he or BJP done for the district? It is sheer arrogance on part of the Minister.” Congress and JD(S) are major players in Vokkaliga dominated Ramanagara district, where BJP is attempting to make inroads.

Narayan, a Vokkaliga himself, who was earlier the in-charge Minister of Ramanagara, is at the forefront of BJP’s attempts to make inroads into the district by taking on the ‘DK brothers’ (Shivakumar and Suresh), and today’s incident is seen as a sequel to those efforts.

JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita Kumaraswamy are also MLAs from the district. PTI

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