Summary:
The doctors said there are chances maybe none of us would survive the third wave.
To which, Karnataka Minister Katti reverted with an insensitive dialogue.
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A controversial statement by Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Minister Umesh Katti has landed the minister in soup for the second time.
He is currently also the minister-in-charge of Bagalkot District.
The minister passed an insensitive remark upon attending the inspection of COVID-19 Care Centres in Banhatti City in Bagalkote.
While talking about the emergence of the third wave of COVID-19 infections and its severity with the doctors, Katti said, "let us see when there is a 3rd wave".
Umesh Katti tells Doctor - "I don`t care if you survive COVID-19 or not, I have to"
Karnataka Minister snapped at a group of doctors too.
While doctors were seeking medical oxygen concentrators to meet hospital COVID-19 requirements, the minister replied by saying, "let us see when there is a third wave".
The minister`s shockingly inconsiderate comment to doctors who are rightfully the pillars of strength, amid the COVID-19 pandemic has received backlash.
Umesh Katti tells the farmer to `go die`
Umesh Katti had previously faced a barrage of criticism for verbally abusing a farmer and asking him to "go die".
Allegedly, the said minister told a farmer to `go die`, when he questioned the government on the Public Distribution System (PDS).
The farmer had asked Katti why the government had reduced the quantity of rice under PDS.