New Delhi | Union Minister and BJP leader Anant Kumar Hegde on Saturday created a fresh set of controversy while commenting on the united opposition against the BJP for the upcoming 2019 election. He derisively comparing the opposition parties to “crows, monkeys and foxes”.
While addressing a public meeting in Karnataka’s Karwar, Hegde said, “On one side crows, monkeys, foxes and others have come together; while on the other side we have a tiger.” He also urged the audience to vote carefully for the upcoming elections in 2019. He also asked them to vote carefully in the next round of elections.
Mr. Hegde told the audience that everyone in the gathering was sitting on plastic chairs only because of the Congress had been in power for 70 years. “We are sitting on plastic chairs, isn’t it? (He asked the audience). This is due to Congress rule, had we (BJP) ruled for 70 years, you would have been sitting on silver chairs,” he said.
Commenting on Hegde’s statement KC Tyagi of JDU suggested he wasn’t surprised at the minister’s remarks. “He is known for this kind of statement,” he told media, adding that he should mind his language.
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