Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel has landed himself into an issue after his statements at a public gathering in Mangaluru confronted backlash on Monday. Kateel was chatting with social gathering staff on the ‘Sales space Vijaya Abhiyana’ occasion when he requested them to deal with points like ‘love jihad’ as a substitute of talking about sewage and roads.
A video of the BJP MP’s speech is making rounds on social media, wherein he will be heard saying, “So I’m asking you folks, do not talk about small points like roads and sewage. Should you’re fearful about your youngsters’s future, and if you wish to cease love jihad, then we want the Bhartiya Janata Celebration. To remove love jihad, we want the Bharatiya Janata Celebration.”
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Whereas a number of Twitter customers stated that roads and connectivity are not any small points, the statements additionally acquired flack from the opposition Congress, with Karnataka Congress chief D Okay Shivakumar saying that Kateel has given ‘a really dangerous message’.
“This can be a very dangerous message. That is proof that they’re making an attempt to unfold hatred and break up the nation somewhat than giving precedence to growth. Whereas we’re specializing in growth, job creation, starvation, worth rise, they’re simply taking part in folks on emotion,” DK Shivakumar stated.
Karnataka is due for an meeting election round April – Could this yr, and the poll-bound state has witnessed growing situations of ethical policing and communal clashes, particularly within the Dakshina Kannada area.