BS Yediyurappa dismisses Karnataka BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel’s Tipu-Savarkar rhetoric, says he doesn’t agree

BJP senior leader BS Yediyurappa has distanced himself from BJP’s Karnataka Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel’s remarks. Yediyurappa, while talking to NDTV, said that he doesn’t agree with the Karnataka chief’s remarks.

The statement by the former CM of Karnataka comes after Karnataka state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel recently stated that the upcoming Assembly election in Karnataka will be a battle of ideologies between Tipu and Savarkar.

BS Yediyurappa told NDTV that he doesn’t agree with the BJP state chief’s narrative and also stressed that the important thing for the party to focus on is to work hard. The senior BJP leader highlighted that BJP’s counterpart Congress Party is also doing its best.

He further showed confidence in the BJP in Karnataka and also said that PM Modi and HM Amit Shah will be the reason for BJP to get a majority in Karnataka.

While talking about the mantra that will work for the BJP in the Karnataka assembly election, Yeiyurappa said that the mantra is to work hard and spread the information from door to door about the policies brought by the BJP in the state.

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The 79-year-old leader recently announced his retirement from electoral politics. He was also the longest-serving CM of Karnataka.

The statement by senior BJP leader comes after Karnataka state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel stirred up yet another controversy with his remark recently. As per reports, Kateel, while addressing a public meeting in Karnataka, asked the people if they worship Hanuman or Tipu’s Bhajans. Kateel urged the people to chase away the people who worship Tipu.

He also said that the election in the state is a fight between the ideologies of Savarkar or Tipu and added that the country needs patriots such as Savarkar instead of Tipu.

The statements by the Karnataka state chief come ahead of the Assembly elections that are due this year.

As per the Congress, the party is set to launch a door-to-door campaign ahead of the assembly elections in order to gain electoral mileage over the BJP.

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