Watch: Karnataka CM’s brother throws biscuits at flood-hit victims, video goes viral

Karnataka Minister H D Revanna faced flak after a video purportedly showing him flinging biscuit packets at flood victims in a relief camp in Hassan district went viral. Photo: YouTube grab

BENGALURU: Karnataka Minister HD Revanna faced flak after a video purportedly showing him flinging biscuit packets at flood victims in a relief camp in Hassan district went viral. In the video, Revanna, PWD Minister and brother of Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, was seen picking biscuit packets and hurling them at the people sheltered in the relief camp. According to reports, Revanna had visited a relief camp in Ramanathapura town of Hassan district and was accompanied by other JDS leaders. During his visit, Revanna distributed biscuits and food packets. As the clip went viral in the social media besides being aired by TV channels, netizens and BJP leaders termed Revanna's action as 'insensitive'. Senior BJP leader S Suresh Kumar flayed Revanna for the act. "Dear Public Works Minister, throwing biscuits (at the flood victims) is not a public work... Is it the bloated ego, uncivilised behaviour... behind throwing biscuits?" he asked in a Facebook post. Coming to the defence of his brother, Kumaraswamy said Revanna's act was not out of 'arrogance'. "I have noticed that the issue has come in TV, don't take him otherwise. I have crosschecked... while distributing the biscuits, there were large number of people there and there was no place for movement," he told reporters. (With PTI inputs)