‘Who is Mallikarjun Kharge blaming?’: BKU leader Dharmendra Malik attacks Congress president for allegedly insulting farmer in Kalaburagi

MUZAFFARNAGAR(Uttar Pradesh) : Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Dharmendra Malik on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, who allegedly insulted a farmer who had come to seek help from him in Kalaburagi.

Dharmendra Malik asked who Kharge is blaming if his party’s government is in power in Karnataka. The BKU leader said that the Congress president should rather question CM Siddaramaiah rather than blame Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

Alleging that Karnataka CM has not even done a survey of the flood-affected region in the state, Dharmendra Malik mentioned that it is the duty of the state government to provide compensation to people.

“His statement is like a person getting frustrated by someone’s question. Who is Mallikarjun Kharge blaming? … His government is in power in Karnataka, so why is he saying to ask PM Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah? First, he should ask his own CM what relief he has provided to the farmers… Giving compensation to the people is the responsibility of the state government… And if his CM has not even done the survey in the state, then he should dismiss the CM and elect someone else as the CM,” he said.

Mallikarjun Kharge drew criticism after a video of Kharge’s interaction with the farmer went viral. Kharge allegedly told the farmer not to approach him just for publicity and compared the grieving farmer’s losses to his own, reportedly saying, “Yours may have four acres affected, but mine has 40 acres ruined.”

#WATCH | Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh: On Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, BKU leader Dharmendra Malik says, “His statement is like a person getting frustrated by someone’s question. Who is Mallikarjun Kharge blaming? … His government is in power in Karnataka, so… pic.twitter.com/yhm1psxN4N

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Earlier, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for allegedly insulting a grieving farmer in Karnataka’s Kalaburagi, accusing him of showing “arrogance” towards someone seeking help.

Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Prasad said, “A poor farmer, whose crop was destroyed in flood and rain, went to share his pain. But the National President of the Congress Party, Mallikarjun Kharge, said, “Why have you come here? Why are you showing off?… Your four acres of land have been destroyed, but my 40 acres of land have been destroyed… What kind of arrogance is this? The farmer came to you with his pain because Congress is in power in Karnataka. Karnataka is being ruled by a Congress government… Then why do they lie that they stand with farmers?”

Union Minister and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy strongly criticised Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of displaying “arrogance and insensitivity” towards a farmer who had approached him with grievances.

BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla accused Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge of “disrespecting” farmers, alleging that when a farmer was expressing his grief to Kharge, he allegedly insulted him. The BJP leader alleged that Congress is against the farmers and their interests. (ANI)