BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi always asserts that he has great respect for officials, but look at what his lawmakers are doing in Karnataka. MLAs from Mudigere and Chamaraja assembly constituencies were caught on camera abusing government officials in most filthy language.
Two videos of the MLAs abusing officials went viral across Karnataka, sparking outrage. In one video, MP Kumaraswamy, a two-time MLA from Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district, barged into the chamber of local range forest officer BM Prasad on Monday and rebuked him and other officials for not answering his phone calls.
He later brazenly justified his action by saying that forest department officials are involved in corruption. “Why should I apologize? I didn’t commit any mistake,” he told the media. In Mysuru, another BJP MLA L Nagendra representing Chamaraja, used filthy language while hitting out at officials for not informing him about chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s inspection of Devaraja Market, which comes under his constituency.
As the video went viral on social media, Nagendra immediately issued a public apology, saying he reacted in a fit of rage and didn’t mean anything against the officials.
