Bangalore, Mar 28(PTI) Chaos broke out at a political
debate between former Infosys co-founder and Congress' nominee
for Bangalore South Lok Constituency Nandan Nilekani and BJP's
Ananth Kumar after Congress workers created ruckus, forcing
organisers to abandon the event midway.
As Kumar began reeling out statistics to attack Manmohan
Singh government, Congress workers grew restive and resorted
to sloganeering to be countered by BJP workers who chanted
"Modi, Modi." Congress workers shouted pro-Rahul slogans.
Bio tech major Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw was
moderating the debate at the event organised by Bangalore
Political Action Committee (BPAC) which she heads. BPAC is a
citizen's collective initiative that aims to build a better
Bangalore and enhance the quality of life of citizens.
Both Kumar and Nilekani tried to bring the situation
under control but in vain as slogan shouting from both sides
and heated exchanges escalated.
Earlier when Nilekani was addressing, a few members from
audience shouted slogans demanding he speak in Kannada.
Apart from Nilekani and Kumar, Aam Aadmi Party candidate
Nina P Nayak and JDS' Ruth Manorama were also on stage.
Kumar told reporters that he was giving fact and figures
about how the economy has crumbled in the last ten years but
Congress supporters had no patience to hear.
"They never wanted to discuss the real issues….like
price rise, economic crisis, security failures relating
Bangladesh and China border, regarding terrorism and Maoist
attacks inside the country."
"Congress is not ready for a health democratic debate,
they don't want to listen to criticism, they don't want to
listen to debate...they are not ready to give answers," he
said, accusing Congress of having disrupted democratic
discussion.
Nilekani, however, accused Kumar of losing track and
deviating from the topic.
'Its extremely disappointing that we have an MP who has
no interest in talking about his agenda,' Nilekani said, 'When
Ananth Kumar was asked about his agenda for Bengaluru, rather
than answering the question he began attacking the central
government.'
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