Would never have become MLA or Minister if I had joined JD(S), heeding to my father: C T Ravi

PTI, Feb 13, 2023, 5:39 PM IST

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Bengaluru: BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi on Monday said had he obeyed the advice of his father, who was the fan of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, he would have ended up chanting slogans praising the JD(S) patriarch and his sons and would never have become an MLA or a Minister.

The Chikkamagaluru legislator who served as Minister earlier, said he instead joined the BJP, which taught him to chant ”Bharat Mata ki Jai”, as he credited the J P Nadda-led party for making an ordinary worker like him to whatever he is today.

”I will not make even a percent reduction in the credit that has to be given to Deve Gowda, because my father was a great fan of Deve Gowda. If I had obeyed my father I would have said ‘jai ‘to ‘Dodda Gowda’ (referring to Deve Gowda), ‘Sanna Gowda’ (Junior Gowda) and ‘Mari Gowda’ (third generation of Gowda’s), and would never have become an MLA or a Minister,” Ravi said.

He said, ”As I did not heed my father, I was taught ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ here (in BJP), and as a normal middle-class farmer’s son, I’m today here as the national General Secretary of the party and a four-time MLA.” Ravi took a dig at the JD(S), while he was speaking after initiating the debate on motion of thanks to the Governor’s address in the Karnataka legislative assembly.