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BJP using communalisation to seize Mandya's vote bank
The New Indian Express Belagavi
|September 15, 2025
A political firestorm has erupted in Old Mysuru as former MLA B Somashekar dropped a bombshell accusing his former party BJP of masterminding the Keregodu Hanuman flag controversy to ignite communal tensions and capture Mandya's vote bank.
BJP on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his comment on religious conversions. The CM told reporters in Mysuru on Saturday that people were converting to other religions because of inequality in society.
Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka asked the CM if there is no inequality among Muslims. "If there was equality, why was there opposition for triple talaq," he asked.
Ashoka said, "In Hinduism, there were people like Dr B.R Ambedkar, Swami Vivekananda and Basavanna, who tried to eradicate inequality. But it was not the case with Islam. Siddaramaiah should speak like a responsible CM."
Putting in his comments, former minister and BJP MLC C.T Ravi has written to the CM, saying, "There is inequality within Congress. Senior Congress leader K.N Rajanna had to lose his ministership just because he did not agree with Rahul Gandhi's allegation of 'Vote Chori'. Is this not inequality? Deputy CM D.K Shivakumar had to apologise for singing the RSS anthem in the Assembly... Isn't this intolerance?"
This story is from the September 15, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Belagavi.
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