Karnataka minister Zameer Ahmed Khan on Monday stoked a major row over his racist slur against Union minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Addressing a rally in Ramanagara on Sunday, Khan said the Channapatna Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara had no other option but to join the BJP earlier.
"Due to some differences in our party (Congress), he contested as an independent. He had no option but to join the BJP. He was not ready to join the JD(S) because 'Kaaliya Kumaraswamy' was more dangerous than the BJP. Now he (Yogeeshwara) has come back home," PTI quoted the minister.
Yogeeshwara has a direct contest in the Channapatna assembly bypoll against Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil who is NDA's candidate on the JD(S) ticket.
JDS-BJP hit back
Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) hit out at the state minister.
“The people of the state will give a fitting response to your words of disrespect and your negative mindset towards people of darker skin colour,” the party posted on X (formerly Twitter).
The JD(S) sought to know the colour of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, ministers H C Mahadevappa, Satish Jarakiholi, Priyank Kharge and K H Muniyappa.
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