Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Dec 28: Former chief minister (CM) Siddaramaiah courted controversy in the matter of religious beliefs and non-vegetarian food consumption.
Siddaramaiah had been to his native place on Sunday December 27 on the wake of gram panchayat elections. One of his fans reminded Siddaramaiah, who was having chicken meal, that it is Hanuma Jayanthi. In reply to his fan, Siddaramaiah said, "Do you know the date when Hanuma was born? If so, then celebrate his day or else eat chicken." This video has gone viral on social media.
Education minister Suresh Kumar expressed his outrage at the statement of Siddaramaiah indirectly and tweeted, "Leaders like this believe that insulting the belief of our land is secularism. Similarly, one more leader has asked for the birth certificate of Sri Rama."
Earlier, Siddaramaiah had courted controversy when publicly admitted that he had been to Dharmasthala after having a fish meal.