Bastar journalists demand apology from industry minister for 'RSS' remark

RAIPUR: Chhattisagrh’s industry minister

Kawasi Lakhma

drew flak from

Bastar’s journalist community

for calling out the reporter in a press conference that "he was using the language of RSS."


The

journalist community

of Bastar division strongly criticized the statement of the minister and sought an apology from him.

As per information, during a discussion with journalists in Jagdalpur, a journalist questioned the minister how the Congress would focus to address the mounting resentment within the party in view of the rising expectations from party workers in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

“Not a single worker of Congress is dissatisfied. Congress party has always been united. This language of yours is that of the RSS, which always tries to create tension,” Lakhma allegedly told the reporter.

Briefing the matter while talking to TOI, Bastar division’s press association’s president

S Karimuddin

said, "Minister Kawasi Lakhma’s rhetoric is a disgraceful comment on the role of a journalist and we demand an apology from him. The reporter was doing his job by asking a question and Lakhma responded arrogantly."

Though the reporter confronted the minister on the spot and said that neither he is any sponsored journo nor an RSS reporter.

Reporters of Bastar division have complained about Lakhma’s behaviour in the recent past too.

The reporters blamed the minister for insulting the IAS officials and an CEO working in the Jila Panchayat for their work. On the other side, irked by Lakhma’s comment the workers of BJP Yuva Morcha burnt his effigy at local Sirhasar roundabout in Jagdalpur on Saturday evening.

Tension prevailed during the protest march by Yuva Morcha wing where police security intervened to control the situation.