Mangaluru: Minister B Ramanath Rai has clarified saying that he has high regards towards B Janardhan Poojary and has not spoken anything wrong about him.

Addressing the gathering at Congress office at B C Road on Friday Rai said “I respect B Janardhan Poojary who is a senior leader in the Congress Party and have not spoken ill about him. I have met and cleared the matters with him personally; some are trying to create a rift between us regarding this matter,”

“Where is the video in which I have abused Poojary? I have not used any words against him. If he has misunderstood me, let the God decide. These are tactics to create differences between me and Poojary,” he added.