Posted 1/14/2024, 10:41:07 AM
BJP MP Hegde Stirs Controversy With Call to Demolish Mosques, Attack on CM Over Minority Politics
- BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde made inflammatory remarks calling for demolition of mosques built over Hindu temples in Karnataka
- Hegde said "revenge, revenge, revenge" against 1000 years of oppression and Hindus won't sit idle until mosques are demolished
- Police filed complaint against Hegde for promoting enmity between groups; BJP distanced itself from his "personal views"
- Hegde targeted CM Siddaramaiah, calling him names over minority appeasement politics
- Hegde no stranger to controversy, having made provocative statements in the past leading to party issuing him notices