Karnataka BJP leader insults female IAS officer ‘Came from Pakistan’

Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) leader and chief whip of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council, N Ravikumar, made an insulting remark at a Muslim IAS female officer during a recent protest rally on May 24 as part of the party’s ‘Kalaburagi Chalo’ campaign.

A video emerged on Monday, May 26, showing Ravikumar allegedlly



remarking that the district collector of Kalaburagi, Fauzia Tarannum, “came from Pakistan.”

“The Kalaburagi DC (district collector) office has also lost its independence. The DC madam is also listening to what they [Congress] say. I don’t know whether the DC has come from Pakistan or is an IAS officer here,” Ravikumar says in the video.