Kalaburagi, Sept. 7 -- Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has come under sharp attack after a purported video surfaced showing him allegedly making dismissive remarks to a farmer who had approached him with complaints of crop loss caused by heavy rains in north Karnataka.
Kharge also apparently compared the farmer's losses with his own and told him, "Yours may have four acres affected, but mine has forty acres ruined. Don't come here merely for publicity."He further added a proverb, saying, "It's like someone with only three ribs lecturing someone with six. Go and tell Modi and Shah that the pigeon-pea is ruined."The video of the exchange, which took place at Kharge's residence in Kalaburagi, has now gone viral, drawing widespread criti...