Priyank Kharge

BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya and Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar took to Twitter to post a screenshot of a newspaper ad which spoke about the Swawalambi Sarathi scheme by the Karnataka government which was meant specifically for the minority communities.

On the 8th of September 2023, a fresh controversy surrounded the Congress government in Karnataka over the Swawalambi Sarathi Scheme

Responding to the controversy, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge defended his alliance partner arguing that any religion that doesn’t promote equality is as good as a disease.

Two Karnataka government officials were suspended for not inviting State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister Priyank Kharge to an event

Do you drink Gau mutra daily & eat cow dung once in a while as suggested by colleagues?" Priyank Kharge made a casual Hinduphobic jibe.

Congress leader and Karnataka cabinet minister Priyank Kharge has been having an elaborate meltdown on Twitter since his newly formed government is being called out for hiring notorious fact-checking portal ‘Alt News’ to run its ‘fact check unit.’

This has led to speculations by netizens that the Karnataka Congress government is mulling to monetarily benefit Alt News by availing its services using taxpayer's money.

Karnataka cabinet minister Priyank Kharge said it was education department that suspended the teacher not the state government over the alleged post against the CM

"Aisa nalayak beta baitha to kaise hota bhai? Ghar kaise chalega?" Priyank Kharge said.