‘They behaved like women who sell their bodies...’: Karnataka Congress leader’s derogatory remarks against turncoats

Hariprasad slammed Anand Singh, saying that he joined the BJP within a year of being elected the representative of Vijayanagara (Hospet) constituency on a Congress ticket.

NewsBharati    18-Jan-2023 10:26:40 AM
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New Delhi, January 18: Senior Congress leader from Karnataka BK Hariprasadhas kicked up a controversy by making a derogatory statement against party MLAs who switched over to the BJP. Hariprasad, the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council, compared the turncoats and state minister Anand Singh to “prostitutes”.
 
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Singh quit Congress in 2019 to join the BJP. He was among the 17 MLAs of the then Congress and JD(S)-led coalition government in Karnataka who resigned from the party and crossed over to the BJP.
The switch-over brought down the Congress-JD(S) government and paved the way for the BJP to form a government in the state.

Hariprasad slammed Anand Singh, saying that he joined the BJP within a year of being elected the representative of the Vijayanagara (Hospet) constituency on a Congress ticket.
 
 
 
“Earlier when the public didn't vote any party to power with full majority, we formed a coalition government in Karnataka, but some MLAs behaved like those women who sell their bodies for the sake of their livelihood, we call them prostitutes, what you call these legislators who sold themselves?” he said.
 
“You have to teach a lesson to the local MLA who sold everything including his self-respect,” he said, in an apparent reference to Anand Singh.
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