Karnataka already suffering under saffron extremists like AK Hegde; Tejasvi an addition: Rao

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March 27, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 27: When India is looking towards a government that unite the country and not flare up religious sentiments, the BJP central leadership has named Mr Tejasvi Surya, a highly aggressive proponent of right wing sentiments from Bengaluru South Segment and such forces should be defeated, KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao today said.

In an exclusive interview with UNI Kannada Service, the Congress leader said Karnataka and the country had already suffered under such ‘extremist thought’ leaders like Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde, who is the BJP Candidate from Uttara Kannada and Pratap Simha the BJP candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu LS Seat.

Mr Gundurao said the country needed forward looking youth leaders to take to politics, but BJP naming Mr Surya was a step that promoted to develop leaders who train youth ‘like militants’. "This is not good. This young leader from BJP can cause only social turmoil and not amity among the communities and he should be defeated," he added.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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