Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Aug 22: PWD minister, H D Revanna, reacting to general outrage expressed by the people at his arrogance in throwing packets of biscuits at the people sheltered in relief camps instead of distributing the same to them, clarified that he had tossed the biscuits towards the people to ensure that everyone gets the biscuits and they are able to satiate their hunger. "There was no arrogance or purpose of insulting the people behind this action," he stated.

The minister issued clarification after his behaviour got widely circulated and received bitter criticism, on Tuesday August 21. "If I had been overcome with superiority complex, I would not have led the relief works and got fully involved with this task for four days. I also would not have distributed 250 quintals of rice, 3,000 litres of milk and huge amount of biscuits and lentils to the affected people," he said in support of himself.

Revanna accused BJP leaders of failing to assimilate what he has been doing and blowing such a small incident out of proportions as they are politically inclined. "Since the last 25 years, these areas are represented by BJP legislators. But none of them have come to the rescue of affected people, nor have they properly assessed the situation here," he noted.

He also expressed anger at the fact that no Union minister has visited the region so far. He asked leaders from all sectors to drop political one-upmanship and join hands to help the affected people during the current crisis.

Revanna, at the same time, offered to apologize if anyone feels that he had committed a mistake in throwing the biscuit packets to the inmates of relief camp.