Video shows Dalits being asked to serve Karnataka CM, Yediyurappa only ‘branded’ tea
The Hindu
Karnataka Congress tweets video with officials heard telling the family to use a specific brand’s tea
The Congress on Thursday shared a video purportedly showing officials instructing a Dalit family to serve only branded and packaged tea powder instead of ordinary tea to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa, among others.
Mr. Bommai, Mr. Yediyurappa, along with Tourism Minister Anand Singh, Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol, and other BJP leaders had breakfast in a house at Kamalapura in Vijayanagara district on Wednesday. Later, the Chief Minister’s office shared the picture and videos of their breakfast.
Today, the Congress came up with the video in the twitter handle wherein the officials were purportedly giving instruction to the family even before Bommai and his team reached there.
In the video, an official accompanied by a police sub-inspector is heard saying that they would take the sample.
“... Get 250 grams of...any company’s tea. Keep other tea dust separately. Don't use it. Get the company (branded) items,” the official is purportedly telling the family in the video.
The video ended showing a local newspaper report, which reported that the officials told the Dalit family to use branded item and not others. Also, the video claimed that only packaged drinking water was served to the Chief Minister and others.
The Congress said this incident exposed the mentality of Sangh Pariwar.