KPCC chief courts controversy by referring to 'Hindutva' as drugs

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Pradesh Congress chief (KPCC) Dinesh Gundu Rao controversial remark by slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by referring to Hindutva as drugs.

Addressing presspersons Dinesh Gundu Rao said “BJP’s single point agenda is to stoke communal feelings. There is this drug called Hindutva. They’re using it like opium. They want to sow communal opium just to avoid debates on real issues.”

He had also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah are doing communal politics.

“Modiji initially came up with development agenda and Gujarat model of development before he came to power. Now, he had to tell people that he has delivered the achhe din that was promised. They must’ve highlighted their achievements in every constituency. But now they’re only coming up with provocative statements” Rao said.

“They’re trying to give a communal twist to Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy from Wayanad in Kerala,” he added.

Rao’s controversial remark comes hours after KS Eshwarappa, a senior BJP leader in Karnataka, made headlines for saying that his party will not give tickets to Muslims to contest the election as they do not believe in the party.