At a time when the black money issue is dominating parliamentary discussions, the Congress and BJP top leadership were embarrassed at the sight of their Karnataka leaders attending the lavish wedding of Janardhana Reddy's daughter.
Both national parties expressed their displeasure at the local leaders for their apparent endorsement of the corrupt mining baron and former state minister, when the opulent wedding became a reference point in Parliament during the discussion on demonetization.
The BJP top brass in particular was incensed by the presence of their Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa and leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar at the wedding, which was pointed out at the parliamentary discussion and at the anti-demonetisation rally addressed by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.
Opposition parties, including Congress, vowed to raise the wedding issue in the Lok Sabha in the coming days during the discussion on black money to target the government.
"The presence of BJP leaders at the wedding has embarrassed the party when it is fighting black money," a senior leader said, as the saffron party took flak on social media over its leaders' participation in the event.
The high command pulled up the state leaders for attending the wedding despite being cautioned early on, the senior leader added.
Congress central leadership also reportedly expressed its displeasure over KPCC chief G Parameshwara and other state ministers attending the wedding, saying their action brought huge embarrassment to the party.
As home minister, Parameshwara should not have attended the wedding since Janardhan Reddy is only out on bail and is still on trial for corruption, said a senior leader, adding that the party's top leadership was dismayed over the state leaders' decision to attend the wedding.
"If none other than the home minister were to attend the wedding of an accused person's daughter, then what kind of a message are we sending to the public?" he said.
Parameshwara, as KPCC chief, played a key role in launching the party's padayatra from Bengaluru and Ballari against the Reddy brothers, who faced several corruption charges.
Some state Congress leaders sent clippings of the wedding to the party's top brass, in which Parameshwara and some of the state ministers in the Congress government were seen blessing the couple at a time when senior leader Anand Sharma was raising the Reddy marriage at Rajya Sabha, a senior leader said.
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At a time when the black money issue is dominating parliamentary discussions, the Congress and BJP top leadership were embarrassed at the sight of their Karnataka leaders attending the lavish wedding of Janardhana Reddy’s daughter.
Both national parties expressed their displeasure at the local leaders for their apparent endorsement of the corrupt mining baron and former state minister, when the opulent wedding became a reference point in Parliament during the discussion on demonetization.
The BJP top brass in particular was incensed by the presence of their Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa and leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar at the wedding, which was pointed out at the parliamentary discussion and at the anti-demonetisation rally addressed by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.
Opposition parties, including Congress, vowed to raise the wedding issue in the Lok Sabha in the coming days during the discussion on black money to target the government.
"The presence of BJP leaders at the wedding has embarrassed the party when it is fighting black money,” a senior leader said, as the saffron party took flak on social media over its leaders’ participation in the event.
The high command pulled up the state leaders for attending the wedding despite being cautioned early on, the senior leader added.
Congress central leadership also reportedly expressed its displeasure over KPCC chief G Parameshwara and other state ministers attending the wedding, saying their action brought huge embarrassment to the party.
As home minister, Parameshwara should not have attended the wedding since Janardhan Reddy is only out on bail and is still on trial for corruption, said a senior leader, adding that the party’s top leadership was dismayed over the state leaders’ decision to attend the wedding.
"If none other than the home minister were to attend the wedding of an accused person’s daughter, then what kind of a message are we sending to the public?” he said.
Parameshwara, as KPCC chief, played a key role in launching the party’s padayatra from Bengaluru and Ballari against the Reddy brothers, who faced several corruption charges.
Some state Congress leaders sent clippings of the wedding to the party’s top brass, in which Parameshwara and some of the state ministers in the Congress government were seen blessing the couple at a time when senior leader Anand Sharma was raising the Reddy marriage at Rajya Sabha, a senior leader said.
DH News Service
Both national parties expressed their displeasure at the local leaders for their apparent endorsement of the corrupt mining baron and former state minister, when the opulent wedding became a reference point in Parliament during the discussion on demonetization.
The BJP top brass in particular was incensed by the presence of their Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa and leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar at the wedding, which was pointed out at the parliamentary discussion and at the anti-demonetisation rally addressed by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.
Opposition parties, including Congress, vowed to raise the wedding issue in the Lok Sabha in the coming days during the discussion on black money to target the government.
"The presence of BJP leaders at the wedding has embarrassed the party when it is fighting black money," a senior leader said, as the saffron party took flak on social media over its leaders' participation in the event.
The high command pulled up the state leaders for attending the wedding despite being cautioned early on, the senior leader added.
Congress central leadership also reportedly expressed its displeasure over KPCC chief G Parameshwara and other state ministers attending the wedding, saying their action brought huge embarrassment to the party.
As home minister, Parameshwara should not have attended the wedding since Janardhan Reddy is only out on bail and is still on trial for corruption, said a senior leader, adding that the party's top leadership was dismayed over the state leaders' decision to attend the wedding.
"If none other than the home minister were to attend the wedding of an accused person's daughter, then what kind of a message are we sending to the public?" he said.
Parameshwara, as KPCC chief, played a key role in launching the party's padayatra from Bengaluru and Ballari against the Reddy brothers, who faced several corruption charges.
Some state Congress leaders sent clippings of the wedding to the party's top brass, in which Parameshwara and some of the state ministers in the Congress government were seen blessing the couple at a time when senior leader Anand Sharma was raising the Reddy marriage at Rajya Sabha, a senior leader said.
DH News Service
At a time when the black money issue is dominating parliamentary discussions, the Congress and BJP top leadership were embarrassed at the sight of their Karnataka leaders attending the lavish wedding of Janardhana Reddy’s daughter. Both national parties expressed their displeasure at the local leaders for their apparent endorsement of the corrupt mining baron and former state minister, when the opulent wedding became a reference point in Parliament during the discussion on demonetization.
The BJP top brass in particular was incensed by the presence of their Karnataka unit chief B S Yeddyurappa and leader of the opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar at the wedding, which was pointed out at the parliamentary discussion and at the anti-demonetisation rally addressed by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal.
Opposition parties, including Congress, vowed to raise the wedding issue in the Lok Sabha in the coming days during the discussion on black money to target the government.
"The presence of BJP leaders at the wedding has embarrassed the party when it is fighting black money,” a senior leader said, as the saffron party took flak on social media over its leaders’ participation in the event.
The high command pulled up the state leaders for attending the wedding despite being cautioned early on, the senior leader added.
Congress central leadership also reportedly expressed its displeasure over KPCC chief G Parameshwara and other state ministers attending the wedding, saying their action brought huge embarrassment to the party.
As home minister, Parameshwara should not have attended the wedding since Janardhan Reddy is only out on bail and is still on trial for corruption, said a senior leader, adding that the party’s top leadership was dismayed over the state leaders’ decision to attend the wedding.
"If none other than the home minister were to attend the wedding of an accused person’s daughter, then what kind of a message are we sending to the public?” he said.
Parameshwara, as KPCC chief, played a key role in launching the party’s padayatra from Bengaluru and Ballari against the Reddy brothers, who faced several corruption charges.
Some state Congress leaders sent clippings of the wedding to the party’s top brass, in which Parameshwara and some of the state ministers in the Congress government were seen blessing the couple at a time when senior leader Anand Sharma was raising the Reddy marriage at Rajya Sabha, a senior leader said.
DH News Service