Video shows Dalits being asked to serve K'taka CM only branded tea
Bengaluru, Oct 13: The Congress on Thursday shared a video purportedly showing officials instructing a Dalit family to serve only branded and packaged tea powder instead of ordinary tea to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, among others.
Bommai, Yediyurappa, along with Tourism Minister Anand Singh, Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol and other BJP leaders had breakfast in a house at Kamalapura in Vijayanagara district on Wednesday. Later, the Chief Minister's office shared the picture and videos of their breakfast.
Today, the Congress came up with the video in the twitter handle wherein the officials were purportedly giving instruction to the family even before Bommai and his team reached there.
In the video, an official accompanied by a police sub-inspector is heard saying that they would take the sample.
"... Get 250 grams of...any company's tea. Keep other tea dust separately. Don't use it. Get the company (branded) items," the official is purportedly telling the family in the video.
The video ended showing a local newspaper report, which reported that the officials told the Dalit family to use branded item and not others. Also, the video claimed that only packaged drinking water was served to the Chief Minister and others.
The Congress said this incident exposed the mentality of Sangh Pariwar.
"The real mentality of the Sangh Parivar has been exposed in the Chief Minister's 'Dalit house meal' farce. Meals at Dalits' home had been an insult for the BJP, now it suspects it too. Did the PayCM Basavaraj Bommai entered Dalits' houses to insult Dalits? Is BJP so suspicious of Dalits?" the Congress tweeted.
The PayCM is the Congress coinage accusing the Chief Minister of running a corrupt government where hefty commission is charged for public works.
There was no immediate reaction from the BJP to this tweet.
ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ 'ದಲಿತರ ಮನೆಯ ಊಟ' ಪ್ರಹಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಘಪರಿವಾರದ ಅಸಲಿ ಮನಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅನಾವರಣವಾಗಿದೆ.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) October 13, 2022
ಬಿಜೆಪಿಗೆ ದಲಿತರ ಮನೆಯ ಊಟ ಅವಮಾನಕರವಾಗಿತ್ತು, ಈಗ ಅನುಮಾನಕರವಾಗಿದೆ.
ದಲಿತರನ್ನು ಅವಮಾನಿಸಲೆಂದೇ ದಲಿತರ ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೋದ್ರ #PayCM @BSBommai ಅವರೇ?
ದಲಿತರೆಂದರೆ ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಅನುಮಾನವೇ ಬಿಜೆಪಿಗೆ?#BharatJodoYatra pic.twitter.com/2T5yeXovua
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Youngster, family members assaulted in Hubballi over alleged misconduct with girl; three injured
Hubballi: A youngster accused of misbehaving with a girl at a dance class and his family members were allegedly assaulted during a clash between two groups in Tumakuru Oni of Kamaripet area in Hubballi.
According to sources, a group confronted the youth, identified as Tilak, accusing him of behaving inappropriately with a girl at the dance class. The situation escalated after Tilak’s family members reached the spot and entered into an argument with the group.
As tensions grew, another group of around 50 to 60 people allegedly joined and attacked Tilak and his family members.
Three persons identified as Parashuram Nadiyada, Dileep Nadiyada and Tilak sustained serious injuries in the incident and were rushed to the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital in Hubballi for treatment.
The victims have alleged that they were mistaken to be Muslims and were also subjected to caste-based abuse during the assault.
Police from the Kamaripet station reached the spot, brought the situation under control and registered a case in this regard.
