BENGALURU: On her second day in office as Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje seems to have hit the ground running when she termed the ongoing farmers’ protest at Delhi’s borders as “politically motivated”.
Although Karandlaje has made similar comments in the past, her remarks as MoS for farmer welfare has not gone down well with the farming community. “Her comments expose her ignorance about the issue. As a minister, she should be working towards holding talks with farmers and arriving at a solution instead of taunting and ridiculing us,” warned Kodihalli Chandrasekhar, president, Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene.
