Karnataka Umesh Katti minister tells farmer 'to die', puts BJP in tight spot

BENGALURU/BELAGAVI (Karnataka): A purported audio clip of Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Umesh Katti, telling a farmer activist that it is a "good time for farmers to die", went viral on Wednesday, creating a major controversy for the BJP government in the state. As soon the audio clip in Kannada went viral on social media, opposition parties and farmers leaders demanded Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa sack Katti. In the audio clip, an activist rings up Katti and demands why his department has chosen to reduce the quantity of 5 kg free rice announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently prior to surge of Covid cases in the country. (IANS)

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