Bengaluru: Congress cut up with food minister Katti for abusing a farmer  


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Bengaluru, Apr 28: The Karnataka Congress has hit out at food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Umesh Katti for abusing a farmer and asking him to 'die' for seeking a higher allocation of food grains under the public distribution system during the lockdown.

The opposition party demanded that chief minister B S Yediyurappa, who prides himself as a champion of farmers, should immediately sack the minister from the Cabinet for showing insensitivity to the people, especially the farmers who are hailed as the ‘Annadatas’ during the lockdown.


Minister Umesh Katti

KPCC president, D K Shivakumar, on Wednesday, tweeted “BJP minister Umesh Katti has abused a citizen & asked him to ‘go die’ just because he asked him why Karnataka Govt has cut Rice under PDS to just 2 kg! CM@BSYBJP must immediately throw him out of the Cabinet for this most insensitive statement. Does this Govt have any shame?”

Yediyurappa has already expressed regret over the minister’s statement and promised to provide five kg of rice per month instead of three kg for people of the Belagavi region.

Meanwhile, Umesh Katti, said that he was forced to utter unwanted words as he was provoked by a caller over the phone.

The BJP minister clarified about the viral audio of his conversation with a young farmer and said the farmer had forced him to speak in such a manner.

However, Katti has neither tendered an apology nor expressed his regret over his remarks.

The Congress party has decided to launch a letter-writing campaign from Thursday seeking 10 kg of rice for each member of a poor family.

Shivakumar said party workers have been told to launch the letter-writing campaign demanding 10 kg of rice for each member of the family per month.

All letters would be addressed to chief minister B S Yediyurappa, the KPCC chief said.

 

 

 

  

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  • Hegde, Bangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Let them eat cake —- A callous remark by .marie antoniette . Led to the French Revolution Our tolerant electorate fighting for life / death has to endure such a outrageous statement! Once in a power of posn ..... candidates who beg for votes wear a cloak of arrogance / stupidity..

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  • Jossy Tauro, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    He is commenting like this because he does not know the value of our farmers.He is importing and eating plastic rice ,plastic cabbage ,plastic eggs and may be beef and chicken from China .Thats why his mind full of garbage .In every country of the world supporting farmers.But in our India no value for farmers

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  • Charles D'Mello, Pangala

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    These useless politicians are never worried about you eat or not. They are worried about their votes. Once they come to power, then they start playing with the lives of the people. 5kg or 3 kg for family is useless decision. First of know how many people are in the family and then decide. All know how much rice/grains required per person and it is not a rocket science.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Thu, Apr 29 2021

    Charles de Mello Pangla,naturally they get angry because out of this rice coming to them will be horded somehwere and sold to higher price.when farmer asks they have to give.Thtaswhy so arrogant.heir chance is missing. Everyone is trying to make business their own way so questions are disturbing them.

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    Yediyurappa has already expressed regret over the minister’s statement and promised to provide five kg of rice per month instead of three kg for people of the Belagavi region. so people are suffering only in Belagavi?

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  • Brian Corda, MANGALORE

    Wed, Apr 28 2021

    ಹಿಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವನ್ನ ಎರಡು ಪೀಸ್ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು ಅಂತಾ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟು ಪೆಚಿಗೆ ಸಿಗಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಇದೆ ಆಹಾರ ಸಚಿವರು ಅಲ್ವಾ....🙄 ಇದು ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯವೈಖರಿ 🤾🤾🤾🤾BJP ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಗೂಂಡಾಗಿರಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ

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