On Monday, Karnataka Congress MLA Ravikumar Gowda Ganiga lashed out at Indian actress Rashmika Mandanna for allegedly 'disregarding Kannada'. He said that she should be taught a lesson for repeatedly refusing to attend the Bengaluru Film Festival. He pointed out that despite starting her career with Kannada film, she refused to honour the industry. Mandanna started her acting career with the hit Kannada film Kirik Party. 

What did Congress MLA Gowda say

While speaking to the media, the MLA said, "Rashmika Mandanna, who started her career with the Kannada movie Kirik Party in Karnataka, refused to attend the International Film Festival last year when we invited her. She said, 'I have my house in Hyderabad, I don't know where Karnataka is, and I don't have time. I can't come. One of our legislator friends visited her house 10-12 times to invite her, but she refused and even disregarded Kannada, despite growing up in the industry here. Shouldn't we teach them a lesson?"