A video wherein Karnataka Housing Minister V Somanna seems to slap a girl at a current public occasion led a livid Opposition on Sunday to name for his sacking from the Basavaraj Bommai-led Cupboard. The Opposition saved up its assaults on the BJP-led authorities although the girl has claimed that she was not slapped. The minister issued an apology however claimed he didn’t slap her.
The incident occurred on Saturday at an occasion Somanna on the Hangala village in Chamarajanagar district’s Gundlupet taluk. As per sources, 173 beneficiaries have been handed out land title deeds. The girl, recognized as Kempamma, got here to the venue and claimed the choice course of for beneficiaries was rigged and alleged that title deeds got to folks upon the options of Congress chief Nanjappa.
The video of the minister’s alleged altercation with the girl was circulated extensively on Sunday. However Somanna claimed his hand had simply touched her face. Kempamma informed reporters that the minister had patted her cheek and alleged that the video of the incident had been altered. The BJP has not but commented on the matter.
V Somanna allegedly slaps a girl throughout a public occasion in a village in Gundlupet, in Chamarajanagar district, Saturday, Oct. 22. (PTI Picture)
“This incident is just not an incident in any respect. I’ve been in politics for the previous 40 years. This was a programme organised for the downtrodden and economically weaker part of society. Although I didn’t misbehave in any respect, if anybody felt harm then I apologise and specific my remorse,” Somanna informed reporters in Chamarajanagar.
The minister claimed that although he informed Kempamma he would would “resolve her concern in 10 minutes” as soon as he alighted from the stage, “she didn’t relent”. Somanna added, “I used to be attempting to make her stand apart, indicating with my hand. There was no different intention aside from that. I’ve excessive a regard for ladies. I too come from a financially weaker background.”
The Opposition continued its criticism of the BJP and requested if Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take motion towards a senior occasion member.
Calling for Somanna’s dismissal, Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted a video wherein he stated, “The New Gem of Bommai Govt. BJP Minister slaps a hapless lady. She falls to the bottom. As an alternative of apologising for the shameless act, Minister V. Somanna makes the police throw her out. That is the unbridled vanity of BJP.”
बोम्मई सरकार का महिलाओं को दीपावली तोहफ़ा…
मंत्री अबला महिला को सरेआम थप्पड़ मारते है
महिला थप्पड़ से ज़मीन पर गिर जाती है
माफ़ी माँगने की बजाय मंत्री, वी.सोमन्ना महिला को पुलिस से बाहर फिंकवा देते हैं।
मोदी जी, अब क्या कहेंगे?
मंत्री सोमन्ना को बर्खास्त करो👇#AntiWomenBJP pic.twitter.com/DGw05aWpqG
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) October 23, 2022
Posting the video on the social media web site, Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote in Kannada, “What a distinction from the best way @RahulGandhi started the Karnataka leg of #BharatJodoYatra from the exact same Gundlupet on thirtieth September! This shameless individual needs to be dismissed from the cupboard instantly!”
What a distinction from the best way @RahulGandhi started the Karnataka leg of #BharatJodoYatra from the exact same Gundlupet on thirtieth September! This shameless man needs to be sacked instantly! https://t.co/doPz27D0aH
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) October 23, 2022
Youth Congress nationwide president Srinivas BV stated, “Is that this Sanghi’s technique to respect the ‘Nari shakti’ that the PM proclaims in his speeches?”
Congress nationwide social media coordinator Lavanya Ballal tweeted: “The BJP Minister V Somanna slaps a girl who got here to him looking for assist. How will voters discover options for his or her drawback of ministers behave like this?”
Saying that the “anti-woman mindset of the ‘BJP-RSS’” was “captured reside on digital camera”, the All India Mahila Congress stated on Twitter, “Will @narendramodi ji – who lectures on respecting girls, take motion towards personal?”
The occasion’s nationwide spokesperson Shama Mohamed stated, ‘‘BJP Karnataka Minister @VSOMANNA_BJP slaps a girl in full public view. That is the sickening behaviour of BJP leaders in the direction of girls. No surprise this is similar occasion that enables rapists & murderers to depart jail prematurely!”
BJP Karnataka Minister @VSOMANNA_BJP slaps a girl in full public view. That is the sickening behaviour of BJP leaders in the direction of girls. No surprise this is similar occasion that enables rapists & murderers to depart jail prematurely!
— Dr. Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) October 23, 2022
Sharing the video, Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) social media coordinator Y Sathish Reddy stated, “That is the respect ‘BJP’ has in the direction of Girls.”
Saying that the “Ministry of Girls and Little one Improvement” and the “Nationwide Fee for ladies ” have been silent, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi stated, “BJP Minister. Karnataka. Seemingly Rationalization: Not a slap on the face however blessings on the cheek. @MinistryWCD mute, @NCWIndia silent. Nothing to see right here, no motion to count on.”
(With inputs from PTI)