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DK Shivakumar exhibits anti-Muslim bigotry whereas slamming Tejasvi Surya

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After Bengaluru south MP Tejasvi Surya courted controversy by taking the names of 17 Muslim staff working at Covid-19 warfare room at South Bengaluru in reference to the “bribe for bed” rip-off, Congress chief DK Shivakumar hit again at him at present. But whereas slamming the BJP chief for linking the Muslim males with the rip-off, the Karnataka Congress President ended up stereotyping Muslims as butchers, mechanics and puncture fixers.
Slamming Tejasvi Surya for taking names of Muslim staff in reference to the bribe for mattress rip-off, DK Shivakumar requested Surya the place he’ll go if his automobile breaks down, his tyre punctures, or his bicycle breaks, or from the place he’ll purchase meat.
“If they don’t slaughter meet, where will he get the meet? If they don’t run the puncture shop, he cannot drive your vehicle. If they don’t run mechanic shops, you cannot ride bicycle/motorcycle. Will people from Tejasvi Surya’s house do the repairs works?” the Congress chief requested.
He additionally questioned Tejasvi Surya, “Where will you go if they don’t fix puncture or repair your vehicles? Can you ever become a mechanic like them?”
DK Shivakumar additionally stated that Surya was communalising the difficulty.

DK Shivakumar-KPCC President: “how dare Tejasvi takes Mslm names? Where will he go if his car tyre gets punctured or his cycle is broken? Can he be a mechanic like them?”@zoo_bear kindly reality test this.He can’t insult a specific group this manner. 😭😭pic.twitter.com/fsuJ5Rh7l3— Shilpa (@cnshilpa) May 7, 2021
The BJP Yuva Morcha President had taken the names whereas visiting the South Bengaluru Covid-19 warfare room on Wednesday. He had questioned the {qualifications} of the 17 staff working on the warfare room throughout his expose of the Covid-19 mattress rip-off. Bommanahalli BJP MLA M Sathish Reddy and Basavanagudi MLA Ravi Subramanya had accompanied him. Subramanya was heard asking the officers, “Have you appointed these people for Madrassa or the Corporation (BBMP)?”
Congress occasion has launched an assault in opposition to the BJP leaders after the video of their feedback went viral, and has been demanding their arrest.
On the opposite hand, the company managing the warfare room has suspended the 17 staff pending the enquiry within the case is over.
The BBMP-Bed Scam:
The large rip-off got here to mild after Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, together with three different BJP MLAs – Satish Reddy, Ravi Subramanya, and Uday Garudachar had stormed into the BBMP warfare room in Bengaluru on Tuesday to show the unlawful bed-allotment nexus between civic officers and personal brokers.
The BJP MP had alleged that some officers in Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had joined arms with the touts to e book hospital beds within the identify of individuals below dwelling isolation whereas promoting these beds to different sufferers in want at an exorbitant worth.
Addressing the press convention, Surya had stated that there are sufficient beds in Bengaluru metropolis. However, the warfare room personnel had been operating a racket of false blocking the beds. They had been then allotting these beds to the individuals in alternate for cash. He added that there was a nexus between BBMP officers, Aarogya Mitra hospitals and personal brokers who had been indulging within the stated crime.
Further, Surya had questioned the hiring strategy of 17 people and requested concerning the company that they belonged to. Some of the names he enquired about whereas confronting BBMP officers are Mansoor Ali, Tahir Ali Khan, Sadiq Pasha, Md Zayed, Alsai Saheer, Umer Khan, Salman Urif, Zameer Pasha, Zabiullah Khan, Sayed Hasnain, Sayed Shahid, Sayeed Shahbaz, Md Yunus, Syed Mohin and Syed Mukesh.