‘Inconvenience’, ‘half-truths’: Tejasvi Surya vs Priyank Kharge over Congress rally ‘disrupting’ NEET exam in Bengaluru
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge engaged in a heated battle on Sunday after the former targeted the Congress for organising a mega rally in the city on the day of the NEET exams, which allegedly caused students to miss the exams on time due to “massive traffic disruption”. In response to Tejasvi Surya’s allegations, Priyank Kharge, without taking the MP’s name, referred to him as “serial misinformation MP”. (ANI photos) In response to Surya’s allegations, Kharge, without taking the MP’s name, referred to him as “serial misinformation MP” and termed his allegation as “half-truths and manufactured outrage.” The event which Surya was referring to was Congress’s mega convention at Palace Grounds in the state capital Bengaluru, organised in connection with B K Hariprasad taking charge as the party’s new state president. Tejasvi Surya’s allegations In a post on X, Tejasvi Surya said, “The Congress party could have chosen any other day for its rally at Palace Grounds. Instead, it chose the very day thousands of students are appearing for NEET. …

