Congress seeks expulsion of MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal from BJP for calling Sonia Gandhi visha kanya (venomous woman)
The Hindu
BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal is the BJP candidate for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Vijayapura, and is in the list of star campaigners of the party
BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal reportedly described former Congress president and MP Sonia Gandhi as a visha kanya (venomous woman) in a bid to counter All India Congress Committee president Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘poisonous snake’ remark allegedly about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Yatnal is the BJP candidate for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections from Vijayapura, and is in the list of star campaigners of the party. Addressing a campaign rally in Koppal, he allegedly said, “Is Sonia Gandhi a venomous woman? She worked with China and Pakistan as their agent.”
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On April 28, KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar hit out at the BJP for Mr Yatnal’s remark about Sonia Gandhi and demanded an apology from Mr Modi and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai for allegedly ‘insulting Sonia Gandhi’.
He urged BJP president J.P. Nadda to expel Mr Yatnal from the BJP.
On April 27, Congress star campaigner and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said Mr Modi is ‘like a poisonous snake. Don’t try to lick this snake to check whether it is venomous or not. If you taste it, you are dead’.
The remark triggered sharp reactions from the BJP. Later, Mr Kharge clarified that his remark was against the BJP ideology, and not a personal attack on any individual.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.