Accusing the Congress of allowing the growth of Hindutva ideology in Karnataka, former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the Janata Dal (Secular) would not support all activities of the BJP.
Addressing mediapersons in Bengaluru on January 30, he said, “Because of your (Congress’s) mistakes, Mandya is beginning to resemble the coastal districts. People of Mandya are soft, tolerant and innocent. Is saffron politics growing because of me? Saffron is growing because of you (Congress). Your party is strengthening such (Hindutva) organisations.”
He cited recent incidents in Chamarajanagar and Arsikere where the Congress Minister and Congress legislator, respectively, were allegedly intolerant to cultural activities depicting Lord Ram.
