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‘Chaddi’ war between BJP, Cong escalates in Karnataka

Karnataka is caught up in a fresh political row over another piece of clothing: the chaddi or the underwear.

The ruling BJP and opposition Congress exchanged a barrage of barbs after NSUI workers burnt khaki shorts, the kind associated with the saffron party’s ideologue Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), in front of the state education minister’s home last week.

Some workers burnt a pair in front of minister BC Nagesh’s home, calling it a protest against “revision” of school textbooks. Following this, the BJP lodged a complaint against the protesters alleging that they were trying to burn down the minister’s house.

Soon after, the Congress decided that it will go ahead with a “burn the chaddi” campaign with opposition leader Siddaramiah saying workers will be burning “RSS chaddis” in every district of the state to protest the arrest of NSUI workers. On Monday, party workers burnt underwear in Chitradurga and Chikmagalur.

Soon, the BJP hit out at the Congress saying it was “burning chaddis to vent their frustration at being removed from power”. Workers of the BJP have reportedly launched a door-to-door collection of underwear to send them to homes of Congress leaders. In Mandya, workers collected chaddis, so as to courier them to the Karnataka Congress office in Bengaluru as a protest against Siddaramaiah’s remark.

“Their (Siddaramaiah and the Congress) chaddis have become loose and torn and, thus, they are burning them,” said union minister Pralhad Joshi, slamming the grand old party’s antics.

Taking a dig at the poor electoral performance of the Congress in the recently held assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, Joshi said: “Their chaddis were removed completely in UP. And in Chamundeshwari, too, Siddaramaiah’s chaddi and dhoti both were removed and they were sent packing. So, they must be burning chaddis to vent their frustration.”

Siddaramiah, however, clarified that the Congress just burnt one underwear or knickers during the protest but the police and the BJP-led government made it a big issue, making allegations of arson.

With inputs from News18, PTI

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