Congress activists staged a protest in the city on Sunday and burned the posters of BJP MP Ananthkumar Hegde for his incendiary statements on mosques and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The MP had remarked that other mosques need to be reclaimed for temple construction besides holding Mr. Siddaramaiah as an “enemy”. The MP had stated that Congress was not the enemy but Mr. Siddaramaiah was, and this triggered outrage among the party workers.
Meanwhile, Congress MLA Harish Gowda said that legal action would be initiated by the party against the BJP MP and described him as “lacking in culture”.