Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has strongly criticised Karnataka minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan’s recent remarks, stating that they reflect Congress party’s long-standing tendency to treat power as a means to enjoy the privileges of office, while conveniently avoiding responsibilities that come with it.Reacting to reports of the minister stating that he was too busy to take up responsibilities and had no time to hoist the National Flag, Capt Chowta termed the episode the ‘height of unapologetic irresponsibility.’ The MP said that this was not an isolated incident, but part of a pattern that undermined the dignity of the public office.“Earlier, the minister chose to take the oath in English instead of Kannada. What followed, was a series of glaring errors and mispronunciations that turned the entire oath-taking ceremony into a meme, reducing a solemn constitutional exercise to an object of ridicule, showing complete disregard for Kannada and Karnataka. Now, we have a situation where the same minister is reportedly ‘too busy’ to discharge official responsibilities and even refuses to hoist the national flag.”He further stated that the Congress govt had repeatedly displayed its anti-women, anti-constitution and anti-Kannada stance. “The Congress govt has reduced the entire exercise of governance to a joke. People of Karnataka deserve accountability, responsibility and respect for the Constitution, Kannada and the national flag,” he said.
