Kodagu Congress divided over partyman’s comment on PM

Madikeri: The Kodagu Congress is divided house over a public comment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by a prominent party leader.
The differences started when Vindhya Poonacha, a resident of Kushalnagar, mocked Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on Facebook recently. The district Congress unit complained to the Kushalnagar police urging action against Vindhya.
When police said legal action is not possible under the cyber act, former ZP member and congress member VP Shashidhar from Kushalnagar had argued with police.He said, “Will you keep quite when Modi is called a *****?” The video of the argument has gone viral. Later, BJP office bearers complained against this in Kushalnagar station.
Former Kodagu ZP president KP Chandrakala defended Shashidhar and said, “We have great respect for PM Modi. Shashidhar said that word in the spur of the moment.”
However, district Congress president KK Manjunathkumar has opposed Shashidhar’s comment. Party members should not defend such remarks, he added.
“Chandrakala’s opinion is her personal one and we do not praise Modi has failed to provide a good administration,” he said.