Without naming minister Anand Singh, Congress leader BK Hariprasad urged the voters to teach a lesson to the local MLA who “sold everything, including his self-respect.”
Bengaluru,UPDATED: Jan 17, 2023 22:23 IST
Congress’s BK Hariprasad is the leader of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council.
By Sagay Raj: BK Hariprasad, the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council, compared minister Anand Singh, who quit the Congress in 2019, to a “prostitute” for defecting within a year of being elected the representative of Vijayanagara (Hospet) constituency.
Anand Singh was the first of the 17 MLAs who resigned and joined the BJP, leading to the collapse of the Congress-JD(S) government and paving the way for the BJP regime in the state.
Anand Singh, who had won the last election on a Congress ticket, contested on a BJP ticket and won the by-election, retaining the Vijayanagara constituency.
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Referring to Anand Singh’s switch and the subsequent collapse of the Congress-JD(S) government, BK Hariprasad said, “Few legislators have sold themselves. When a woman sells her body for a livelihood, we call them prostitutes. What would you call the legislator who has sold himself? I leave it to you.”
Without naming minister Anand Singh, the Congress leader added, “You have to teach a lesson to the local MLA who has sold everything including his self-respect.”
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The Congress is currently on a statewide bus tour called ‘Praja Dhwani Yatre’, jointly led by party state unit president DK Shivakumar and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah ahead of the state polls.
The tour covering 21 districts will see the party sharing its ideas with the people and assuring all-round development of the state, while attacking the BJP government with a “charge sheet” it has prepared.
As part of the bus yatra, both Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, who are nursing chief ministerial ambitions in the event of the Congress coming to power, will travel in the same vehicle until January 29.
(With PTI inputs)
