Taking serious exception to BJP leader and former Home Minister Araga Jnanendra’s sarcastic comments on All India Congress Committee (AICC) president M. Mallikarjun Kharge’s skin colour and Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre’s poor knowledge about forest and trees, general secretary of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Sharankumar Modi has said that the comments demonstrated Mr. Jnanendra’s state of mind and his intellectual bankruptcy.
In a media note released here on Wednesday, Mr. Modi condemned the comments and demanded that the BJP central leadership expel Mr. Jnanendra from the party. He said that it should give training to all its party leaders on how to respect democracy.
“I strongly condemn the derogative comments made by Mr. Jnanendra on AICC president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mr. Kharge and the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Mr. Khandre. Passing such light comments on Mr. Kharge, a veteran political leader who stands among the frontline leaders of the country, shows Mr. Jnanendra’s imprudence and immaturity,” he said.
