‘Not Roads & Water, This Election Is About Hindu & Muslim’, Says This BJP MLA From Karnataka

A last-minute desperate attempt to polarise voters.

By: TK Sreeraj |
April 19, 2018 8:11 pm

In yet another incident of politicians indulging in hate speech, a BJP MLA from Karnataka said that the upcoming polls “won’t be about roads and drinking water but about Hindu and Muslim.” Patil, an MLA from Belagavi Rural constituency in north Karnataka, was filmed making the statements in a video that has gone viral ahead of the assembly elections scheduled to be held on May 12.

“I am Sanjay Patil, I am Hindu, this is a Hindu rashtra(nation) and we want to build the Ram temple. If Lakshmi Hebbalikar (Congress candidate and president of KPCC women’s wing) says she can build the mandir – vote for her. They will build Babri Masjid instead. Whoever wants Babri Masjid, Tipu Jayanthi they should vote for the Congress. And who wants Shivaji Maharaj and Ram Mandir should vote for the BJP,” he said in Kannada at a public event. It is however yet to be verified from where was he speaking.

#BREAKING: BJP MLA Sanjay Patil’s embarrassing speech to voters in #Karnataka dismisses real governance issues; plays communal ‘Ram Mandir’ card. Water, roads are not poll issues? #BattlegroundKarnataka pic.twitter.com/dFbBCB621r

— Mirror Now (@MirrorNow) April 19, 2018

This isn’t the first incident where Patil was involved in a controversy. Last year, a video of him threatening police officer also went viral.

The same BJP MLA Sanjay Patil who once warned and threatened Police. “Just 6 Months, Yes Six Months and I’ll see you then” pic.twitter.com/Py8a5ig0m2

— Unofficial Sususwamy (@swamv39) April 19, 2018