CT Ravi’s ‘pure blooded’ ‘mixed blooded’ tetort to Priyank Kharge’s remarks triggers controversy
Chikkamagaluru: Senior BJP leader C.T. Ravi has stirred controversy with a sharp response to Minister Priyank Kharge’s earlier remarks over the Maddur issue.
Speaking to reporters on Monday evening, Ravi questioned, “If stones are thrown at our deity’s procession, should we remain silent? If a petrol bomb is hurled, should we remain quiet? If someone spits on our god, should we tolerate it? If slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ are raised, should we just watch? Pure-blooded people are with me, those with mixed blood are with them. The mixed-blooded will remain silent, but we will not.”
His remarks came as a counter to Priyank Kharge, who had earlier asked whether Ravi would tell his own children to behead or break limbs of others. Responding to this, Ravi made the controversial “mixed blood” remark against the minister.
Defending his comments, Ravi added, “It would only be wrong if I had quoted only the latter part of his statement without the former. But I spoke considering the full context.”
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8 dead, dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine's Odesa port
Kyiv (AP): Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, late on Friday, Ukraine's Emergency Service said on Saturday morning.
Some of the wounded were on a bus at the epicentre of the overnight strike, the service said in a Telegram post. Trucks caught fire in the parking lot, and cars were also damaged.
The port was struck with ballistic missiles, said Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region.
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Elsewhere, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian warship and other facilities with drones, Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement on Saturday.
The nighttime attack on Friday hit the Russian warship “Okhotnik,” according to the statement posted to the Telegram messaging app.
The ship was patrolling in the Caspian Sea near an oil and gas production platform. The extent of the damage is still being clarified, the statement added.
A drilling platform at the Filanovsky oil and gas field in the Caspian Sea was also hit. The facility is operated by Russian oil giant Lukoil. Ukrainian drones also struck a radar system in the Krasnosilske area of Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
