Flouting Lockdown Rules, Hundreds Served Biryani at Karnataka BJP MLA's Birthday Bash in Tumkuru

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People of Gubbi taluk came in large numbers to the government school in Tumkuru to wish their legislator amid the lockdown. A video shows MLA Masale Jayaram addressing his guests who gather around a table as Jayaram cuts a cake.

Bengaluru: In complete violation of lockdown orders, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA in Karnataka celebrated his birthday on Friday in a grand style with hundreds of villagers, including children, in attendance.

 

BJP’s Turuvekere MLA Masale Jayaram hosted his birthday party at a government school in Tumkuru, videos of which have gone viral now.

People of Gubbi taluk came in large numbers to the Idagaru Government School to wish their legislator amid the 21-day lockdown that has been imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

 

The MLA is heard addressing his well-wishers who gather around the table as Jayaram cuts a cake. The video shows a pandal erected and several people busy preparing biryani for the guests on the school premises.

 

 

While the visitors can be seen wearing masks in the video, nobody is adhering to social distancing norms. The MLA, garlanded with a shawl, is seen wearing gloves and a mask.

 

 

So far, Karnataka has so far seen over 200 coronavirus cases with at least six deaths, including one in Tumkuru. A panel of experts has recommended extension of the lockdown for another two weeks.

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The BJP leader wore white gloves while cutting the cake and distributed it among guests.

 

Ruling BJP legislator A.S. Jayaram on Friday celebrated' his 51st birthday amid lockdown at a village in Karnataka's Tumakuru district, with hundreds of guests attending the function, the police said.

The BJP leader could be seen wearing a turban and cutting a cake with several guests, including children, standing by his side. Interestingly, Jayaram wore white gloves while cutting a cake.

"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 said.

Gubbi in Tumakuru district is 120km northwest of Bengaluru.

Jayaram won from the Turuvakare segment in the same district in the May 2018 Assembly elections.

"As Jayaram's birthday coincided with the Hanuman Jayanthi function in the area, food was served to the people who gathered at the Anjaneya Swamy temple in the adjacent Manikuppe village," Nagaraj said.

Denying that the legislator violated the lockdown, Nagaraj said the birthday function was held in a compound at Ankalakuppe whereas free food was served in the temple vicinity at Manikuppa, which is an adjacent village.

"Social distancing was, however, not observed, when food (lemon rice) was served, as the village folk scrambled to grab the food packets," admitted Nagaraj.

Jayaram was not reachable on his phone till late night.

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