“I won because I told voters that Vijayapura would become Pakistan if I am not elected,” BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal said in Ramdurg in Belagavi district on May 6.
Addressing a rally of Panchamasali community that is demanding inclusion in 2A backward classes category, the BJP MLA said, “Vijayapura city is almost like Pakistan. For one lakh Hindu voters, there are 1.5 lakh Muslim voters. In earlier elections, Hindu candidates would lose as Muslims come out and vote for their leaders. I decided to change it. I told the voters that Vijayapura would definitely become Pakistan if I am not elected. Hindu voters came out of their homes in large numbers and voted for me. That is how I won.”
