Karnataka minister and Congress chief Priyank Kharge on Thursday claimed that “manuvadis” despatched him a menace letter intertwined with casteist slurs. The letter despatched to his workplace even threatens to “encounter him”.
As per the minister, the letter not solely accommodates menace to Kharge’s life but additionally accommodates derogatory remarks on his Dalit background.
“Just lately, acquired one other love letter from Manuvaadis asking me to put low and never communicate up as I’m a Dalit. The letter explicitly says that I would develop into an MLA or a Minister, however I’m and can all the time stay a Dalit. The letter, apart from abusing my household, additionally states that the they will not hesitate to have me killed in an ‘encounter’ by their folks,” Priyank Kharge wrote on X (previously generally known as Twitter).
The Congress chief additionally stated a criticism had been filed on the Vidhana Soudha police station.
Kharge pointed fingers on the BJP, alleging their involvement within the menace letter. He has additionally requested the Kalaburagi MP Umesh Jadhav to look into the matter and tackle the difficulty promptly.
Moreover, Kharge accused the BJP of giving a ticket to “a goon who threatened to wipe out his household” within the 2023 Karnataka Meeting election. “Within the more moderen, Karnataka meeting elections, BJP rewarded a goon who threatened to wipe out my household with an meeting ticket. Presently, he’s absconding,” Kharge stated.
“I’ve acquired a threatening letter from ‘manuwadis’ saying that Dalits shouldn’t be talking out this loud. Dalits shouldn’t enter politics and Dalits shouldn’t climb the ladder of society. And should you proceed to talk out we should be sure that we encounter you. We now have already despatched it to the police station. FIR has been lodged,” the Karnataka minister stated whereas talking to information company ANI.
(With inputs from Sudath.)