Tejasvi Surya usually remains in discussions. A section of the Indian diaspora in Germany has raised strong disapproval over calling Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya as a speaker guest at the Indian startup conference 2020 in Hamburg. The event is programmed to be held on October 7 by the Consul General of India in partnership with GloMan Consulting GmbH. In a letter written to the Consulate General, the community has written that it was “disheartening to see its speaker list include Tejaswi Surya, a highly provocative and communal politician from Bangalore, seasoned by the RSS.”
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The letter has been signed by India Solidarity Germany, Chennai Solidarity Group, The Humanism Project, Solidarity Belgium, Indians Against CAA, NRC and NPR – Finland, Bharath Democracy Watch, Indian Alliance Paris, and Foundation The London Story. It has been distributed for more signatures. To make their point, the community posted four of Surya’s controversial tweets which were communal in nature.
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They also brought up the issue of Tejasvi’s infamous “puncturewalla” speech which he gave at a pro-CAA rally in Bengaluru. Addressing in December 2019, Tejasvi had said, “People of Bengaluru’s IT sector, BT sector, those contributing to the nation’s economy like lawyers, bank employees, ordinary citizens including auto-rickshaw drivers have gathered here today. Only the uneducated, illiterate puncture shop wallahs are against it.” At that time Tejasvi was reprimanded for referring to the minority and Dalit community in a demeaning way. Recently Surya has been made the president of the party’s youth wing- Yuva Morcha.
