M Jayaram, the legislator from Turuvekere in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district, celebrated his birthday on Friday (April 10) amid the lockdown. The BJP MLA also cut a huge chocolate cake wearing white gloves. There were children and elders at the party. They were served biryani in Gubbi town. From the pictures and videos that are doing the round on social media, it seems the MLA and the other guests present at the party have no regard for COVID-19.
“Jayaram’s family members and relatives celebrated his birthday in a house compound at Ankalakuppe village in Gubbi taluk where hundreds of his supporters also gathered to felicitate him,” Gubbi police inspector P.M. Nagaraj told IANS.
The number of coronavirus cases crossed 200 in Karnataka while the MLA was celebrating his birthday.
As the pictures and videos went viral, netizens slammed the MLA on social media. Many called it an ‘unacceptable offense’.
Check some of the tweets here.
This is not the first time a political leader has attended public gatherings. Last month, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa attended the marriage ceremony of a BJP leader at Belgavi on March 15. Next day, hundreds of Congress workers attended an event to honour the newly-appointed state party president D K Shivakumar.
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