Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge accuses BJP of conducting communal experiment in Mandya

Stating that BJP has certified itself as a party of traitors by showing disrespect to the national flag, Priyank Kharge said that if the BJP people do not like the national flag, Constitution and the country’s integrity, they can go to Pakistan.

December 29, 2013: Sri Gowrishankar Seva Trust seeks permission to erect a flag post while promising to hoist the national flag and the State flag.

January 17, 2024: The trust members give an undertaking that no other flag. such as religious and political flags. will be hoisted. The undertaking states that they will only hoist the national flag and State flag.

January 18, 2024: Keregodu Gram Panchayat issues conditional approval that only national flag and State flag should be hoisted.

Accusing the BJP of trying to deliberately disrupt communal harmony in Karnataka, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge alleged that the saffron party was ‘starting it’s experiments of communal politics’ in Mandya like the way it did in the coastal region.

“The BJP and Sangh Parivar cannot digest the fact that there is peace in the society. By spreading the communal fire, the BJP is warming itself up. BJP leaders have stooped low,” Mr. Kharge posted on X on January 29, commenting on the Keregodu violence over the hoisting a saffron flag on government land.

He posed the following questions to Leader of Opposition R. Ashok and BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra:

He further said that, like the RSS that opposed the national flag, the BJP is also showing intolerance towards the national flag. “Instead of respecting the national flag, BJP is showing anger.”