Karnataka Minister stirs controversy, compares Congress MLAs to transgender – India Today
Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa has stirred a hornet's nest by evaluating Congress state legislators to the members of the transgender group."Before our government came to power, a few Congress MLAs showed their interest in joining the BJP. But, they were afraid of losing the elections, as 50,000 Muslims would not vote for them. This is a kind of 'Hijada' (eunuch) behavior," mentioned Eshwarappa whereas addressing a public assembly right here on Sunday.The minister additional added that he by no means "pleased" the group or "wished them" and nonetheless managed to win the votes.Eshwarappa made one other controversial assertion and mentioned that solely "patriot Muslims" will vote within the favour of BJP and people towards patriotism, traitors and siding with Pakistan, will hesitate.This is just not the primary time the minister has stirred an issue, he had earlier mentioned that the BJP is not going to give tickets to Muslims if they don't "believe" within the get together.Karnataka Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj KS Eshwarappa has stirred a hornet's nest by evaluating Congress state legislators to the members of the transgender group."Before our government came to power, a few Congress MLAs showed their interest in joining the BJP. But, they were afraid of losing the elections, as 50,000 Muslims would not vote for them. This is a kind of 'Hijada' (eunuch) behavior," mentioned Eshwarappa whereas addressing a public assembly right here on Sunday.The minister additional added that he by no means "pleased" the group or "wished them" and nonetheless managed to win the votes.Eshwarappa made one other controversial assertion and mentioned that solely "patriot Muslims" will vote within the favour of BJP and people towards patriotism, traitors and siding with Pakistan, will hesitate.This is just not the primary time the minister has stirred an issue, he had earlier mentioned that the BJP is not going to give tickets to Muslims if they don't "believe" within the get together.Also Read | No Shah, Sultan, Samrat can break promise: Kamal Haasan warns language stir can be greater than JallikattuAlso Watch | Amit Shah's Hindi push: Will or not it's one nation, one language subsequent?Get actual-time alerts and all of the information in your cellphone with the all-new India Today app. Download from