Bengaluru – BJP MP Tejasvi Surya criticised the appointment of 17 Muslim members in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Covid war room. He read out a list of 17 names appointed in the ‘Covid war room’. He expressed his objection that only people belonging to a single community are included in this list. MLA Ravi Subramanyam L. A, M Satish Reddy and Dr. Uday B Garudachar also seconded the same point.
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- Surya asked, “Who are these people? What was the selection criteria ? Who appointed them ? Call those officials.
- MLA Ravi Subramanya asked, “Are these appointments for a Madarasa or a Municipality ?
- MLA M Satish Reddy asked, “Could you not find anyone else apart from these people ?