Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday sparked a brand new controversy after he stated the upcoming meeting election within the southern state is all about Tipu vs Savarkar.
The Lok Sabha MP was addressing a public gathering in Karnataka when he blamed the opposition Congress for permitting Tipu Jayanthi celebrations within the state, calling them pointless. He additionally challenged the chief of opposition and former CM Siddaramaiah to debate who’s extra essential to the nation, Savarkar or Tipu.
“This (Meeting) election is all about Tipu vs Savarkar. They (Cong) allowed celebrating Tipu Jayanti which isn’t required, and spoke disgracefully about Savarkar. I problem Siddaramaiah to debate if our nation wants a patriotic like Savarkar or Tipu,” Kateel stated.
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Kateel had discovered himself in the course of one other row in January after he requested his occasion employees to give attention to points like ‘love jihad’ as an alternative of talking about sewage and roads.
“So I’m asking you individuals, do not discuss small points like roads and sewage. Should you’re frightened about your kids’s future, and if you wish to cease love jihad, then we’d like the Bhartiya Janata Get together. To get rid of love jihad, we’d like the Bharatiya Janata Get together,” he had stated on the ‘Sales space Vijaya Abhiyana’ occasion in Mangaluru final month.
Karnataka is due for an meeting election later this 12 months.
(With ANI inputs)