Bengaluru, April 4 -- Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Saturday condemned Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pratap Simha's derogatory remark against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a bypoll campaign in Bagalkot, calling it a deliberate attempt to insult backward classes, Scheduled Castes, and minorities.

Surjewala said that it is clear that Pratap Simha's outburst stems from frustration and the BJP is deliberately "using him to insult CM Siddaramaiah".

Sharing an X post, he wrote, "The derogatory 'cut' remark made by Pratap Simha about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bagalkot has once again exposed the BJP's base politics. It is now clear that Pratap Simha's outburst stems from frustration. The BJP is delibera...