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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s remarks, terming the farmers’ protests around Delhi as ‘sponsored,’ during his reply in the assembly on Monday over the issue of price rise, saw heated exchanges between the ruling and opposition benches.
“It (farmers’ protest) is sponsored by you (Congress) in Delhi. Farmers’ protest happened around Delhi. It did not happen anywhere else in the country because it is sponsored,” Bommai said.
Congress leaders and legislators took strong exception to this, with party state president D K Shivakumar even terming the statement as an “insult” to the farmers and demanded that he apologize to them.
Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah too termed it as the “most irresponsible” remark.
Bommai’s “sponsored protest” comments led to a heated exchange between ruling BJP and opposition Congress legislators, throwing the house into chaos for some time.
The CM, however, stood by his comments, saying the protest by farmers, who claim to be from Punjab and Haryana, was sponsored. “It has a political background, it has your sponsorship. It is for the sake of MSP (Minimum Support Price) politics,” he said.
Alleging that commission agents at the markets were also behind the protest as they are worried by the new farm laws, he asked Congress not to ‘mislead’ the people of the country.
