<p class="title">Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday criticised visual media for purposefully projecting him in bad light.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is not possible for the television media to bring down the government by making stories that bring disrepute to me. I will continue to be chief minister until God’s blessings and people’s confidence are on me,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After launching various development works at Dudda village in Mandya taluk, he said, “The television channels are making reports against me every day. A farmer hacking my effigy with a sickle, during a protest at Ballari, is telecast repeatedly. Should I be hacked for waiving their loans? I had addressed the farmer woman as ‘Thayi’ (mother). But the media misinterpreted by speech. If I turn emotional, they make a story on that. How many days can you make such stories and harass me?”</p>.<p class="CrossHead">A group of farmers raised slogans against the chief minister when he visited VC Farm for lunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condemning their attitude, JD(S) leaders staged a counter-protest. They had heated exchange of words, which resulted in fisticuffs. However, police intervened and dispersed the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As a precautionary measure, farmer leaders were taken into custody and were released later.</p>
<p class="title">Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday criticised visual media for purposefully projecting him in bad light.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It is not possible for the television media to bring down the government by making stories that bring disrepute to me. I will continue to be chief minister until God’s blessings and people’s confidence are on me,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After launching various development works at Dudda village in Mandya taluk, he said, “The television channels are making reports against me every day. A farmer hacking my effigy with a sickle, during a protest at Ballari, is telecast repeatedly. Should I be hacked for waiving their loans? I had addressed the farmer woman as ‘Thayi’ (mother). But the media misinterpreted by speech. If I turn emotional, they make a story on that. How many days can you make such stories and harass me?”</p>.<p class="CrossHead">A group of farmers raised slogans against the chief minister when he visited VC Farm for lunch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condemning their attitude, JD(S) leaders staged a counter-protest. They had heated exchange of words, which resulted in fisticuffs. However, police intervened and dispersed the crowd.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As a precautionary measure, farmer leaders were taken into custody and were released later.</p>
