Farmers’ protest around Delhi is ‘sponsored’: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s remarks, terming the farmers’ protests round Delhi as ‘sponsored,’ throughout his reply within the meeting on Monday over the difficulty of worth rise, noticed heated exchanges between the ruling and opposition benches.

“It (farmers’ protest) is sponsored by you (Congress) in Delhi. Farmers’ protest occurred round Delhi. It didn’t occur wherever else within the nation as a result of it’s sponsored,” Bommai mentioned.

Congress leaders and legislators took robust exception to this, with social gathering state president D Ok Shivakumar even terming the assertion as an “insult” to the farmers and demanded that he apologize to them.

Chief of the Opposition Siddaramaiah too termed it because the “most irresponsible” comment.

Bommai’s “sponsored protest” feedback led to a heated alternate between ruling BJP and opposition Congress legislators, throwing the home into chaos for a while.