HD Kumaraswamy's "Mother In Villages Have Lost Their Way" Remark Sparks Row
NDTV
Some women Congress workers staged a protest with "Go back Kumaraswamy" slogans and placards in Mandya, from where the former Chief Minister is contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy's comment that women in rural areas have "lost their way" because of the five guarantee schemes introduced by the Congress government in Karnataka, has elicited sharp reactions from the ruling party.
Some women Congress workers staged a protest with "Go back Kumaraswamy" slogans and placards in Mandya, from where the former Chief Minister is contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar also attacking him over his comments, Mr Kumaraswamy sought to clarify by stating he was only cautioning the womenfolk about their "innocence being misused" by the Congress administration in the name of guarantee schemes and that he did not insult them.
