Karnataka is embroiled in a new political controversy over another piece of clothing: tights or underwear.
The ruling BJP and the opposition Congress have repeatedly engaged in a heated argument after NSUI workers burnt khaki shorts belonging to the saffron party’s ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in front of the state education minister’s house last week.
Some activists torched a pair in front of minister BC Nagesh’s house, calling it a protest against the “amendment” of school textbooks. Following this, the BJP lodged a complaint against the protesters alleging that they were trying to burn down the minister’s house.
Soon after, Congress decided that it would go ahead with “Burn The”. tightsCampaign with opposition leader Siddaramaiah, saying “RSS” to burn workers tightsIn protest against the arrest of NSUI workers in every district of the state. On Monday, party workers burnt underwear in Chitradurga and Chikmagalur.
Soon, the BJP hit out at the Congress, saying it was “burning”. tights to vent their frustration when removed from power”. BJP workers have reportedly started door-to-door collection of underwear to send underwear to the homes of Congress leaders. In Mandya, workers collected tightsSo that he is sent to Karnataka Congress office in Bengaluru to protest against Siddaramaiah’s remarks.
“His (Siddaramaiah and Congress) tights have become loose and torn and thus, they are burning them,” said Union minister Pralhad Joshi, criticizing the old party’s antics.
Taking a dig at the poor electoral performance of the Congress in the recently held assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Joshi said: “Their tights Completely removed in UP. And in Chamundeshwari also Siddaramaiah’s tights And both the dhoti were removed and sent for packing. So, they must be burning tights To allay their frustration. ,
Siddaramaiah, however, clarified that the Congress burnt only one underwear or niqer during the protest but the police and the BJP-led government made it a big issue, alleging arson.
Congress will be defeated by anti-RSS propaganda in Karnataka: CM
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said Congress is losing ground elsewhere as a result of anti-RSS propaganda and the same will happen in the state. “Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Congress leaders were always against RSS, so they speak against the organization but people are well aware of RSS. Their (Congress) anti-RSS propaganda lost their base everywhere and the same will happen in Karnataka,” Bommai said.
The Chief Minister said that RSS has been promoting patriotism and doing public service for the last 75 years. Stating that the RSS has done good work in different parts of the country, Bommai said that the organization always runs to help people during calamities.
Hitting out at the RSS a week ago, Siddaramaiah had questioned whether the people associated with the organization were “native Indians”, “Dravidians” or “Aryans”. This statement was sharply criticized by BJP leaders.
Regarding the controversy over the textbook review committee, Bommai said that politics is being done regarding textbook revision.
(with PTI inputs)
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