‘Who are you to ask?’ Siddaramaiah’s supporters take BJP on over meat row | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
It's not the first time Siddaramaiah finds himself the target of a campaign branding him “anti-Hindu”. This time, the allegations started soon after his tour on Sunday of rain-hit Kodagu, where he visited a temple following lunch at a Congress MLA's home.
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HomePolitical Pulse'Who are you to ask?' Siddaramaiah's supporters take BJP on over meat row
‘Who are you to ask?’ Siddaramaiah’s supporters take BJP on over meat row
It's not the first time Siddaramaiah finds himself the target of a campaign branding him “anti-Hindu”. This time, the allegations started soon after his tour on Sunday of rain-hit Kodagu, where he visited a temple following lunch at a Congress MLA's home.
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Bengaluru | Updated: August 24, 2022 7:27:21 pm
As the BJP pushed the matter online, a counter social-media campaign was started by Siddaramaiah's supporters, around "Nee Yaaru Kelakke", taking off from his caustic response. (Facebook/Siddaramaiah)“Nee Yaaru kelakke (Who are you to ask)?” Siddaramaiah‘s characteristically aggressive response to questions over his dietary intake before temple visits – since seized upon by the BJP – has now become a popular social media campaign.
The conflict fits right into the increasingly polarised political battleground in Karnataka, which heads to polls next year. As the BJP raises the pitch on Hindutva issues, the Opposition – not as defensive in the state, as the BJP has come to expect its rivals to be — is fighting back.
It’s not the first time Siddaramaiah finds himself the target of a campaign branding him “anti-Hindu”. This time, the allegations started soon after his tour on Sunday of rain-hit Kodagu, where he visited a temple following lunch at a Congress MLA’s home. A reporter accosted him to ask whether he had consumed non-vegetarian food ahead of the temple visit. Siddaramaiah replied: “Nee yaaru kelakke?”
And went on to add: “I am a non-vegetarian. So I eat meat. If you are a vegetarian, you will not. Your habits are yours and my habits are mine. Has God told anyone that they should not eat meat before visiting a temple?”
On Monday, BJP leaders, including party Karnataka president Nalin Kumar Kateel, took up the matter, saying the former Congress chief minister had no respect for the sentiments of Hindus as he went to temples after eating non-vegetarian food. “By asking what is wrong with eating meat in the afternoon and visiting a temple in the evening, Siddaramaiah has once again shown utter disregard for the beliefs of Hindus. The people will give a fitting reply to those who do not understand the religious sentiments that Hindus have towards temples,” Kateel said.
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