WATCH: 'Insensitive' Karnataka Minister lobs biscuit packets at flood victims

Revanna was also pained that he was being portrayed wrongly, he said adding "If he (Revanna) had asked some one to distribute, the issue wouldnt have arisen at all."

IN PIC: Karnataka minister HD Revanna throwing biscuit packets at flood victims.

Bengaluru: In a video that’s gone viral, Karnataka Minister HD Revanna was seen lobbing biscuit packets at flood victims in a relief camp in Hassan district. Revanna, PWD Minister and brother of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, in the visuals was seen picking biscuit packets from a government official and flinging at people battered by rains and floods. His entire demanour was condemned by social media users and BJP leaders. Many of them termed him ïnsensitive” towards flood victims. Senior BJP leader S Suresh Kumar called Revanna’s act as “üncivilised behaviour”.   "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.

Shame on you Mr @hd_kumaraswamy the way you conducted aerial survey and your brother come minister Mr #HDRevanna throwing biscuits to people.#KodaguFloodRelief #coorgfloods #KodaguFloods pic.twitter.com/RfbFWRzFvQ

— Siddu Pundikal (@SidduPOfficial) August 20, 2018

Defending his elder brother, Kumaraswamy said Revanna’s act was not out of 'arrogance'. "I have noticed that the issue has come in TV, dont 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 was quoted by news agency PTI. Revanna was also pained that he was being portrayed wrongly, he said adding "If he (Revanna) had asked some one to distribute, the issue wouldnt have arisen at all." The minister's son Prajwal Revanna said his father was "a humble" person and wanted to help the flood-hit people at the camp. "My father is a humble person. Since he has concern for the marooned, he had visited relief camps to given them succour," Prajwal Revanna was quoted by the news agency while speaking to reporters. Several districts in Karnatka have been hit by heavy rains in the past several days. the death toll in the state has mounted to 210. The havoc caused by rains has killed over 400 people in the neighbouring state of Kerala.