Just two days after a Karnataka minister resigned over corruption allegations, the opposition BJP on Sunday demanded another scalp from DK Shivakumar’s Cabinet.
The party has asked the Chief Minister to make his Higher Education Minister, Basavaraj Rayareddy, either apologise to the Hindu community or resign after the latter declared Islam “superior to other religions.”
BJP spokesperson Ashok Gowda accused the minister and the Congress government of trying to appease “his voters”.
“Those who know nothing about Islam make incorrect assumptions and form wrong opinions about it. ” DK Shivakumar , is there no end to this anti-Hindu mindset of your Congress government? You put on a show of visiting temples at dawn, performing devotion in front of the cameras, but why do you stay silent only when a minister in your own cabinet makes derogatory statements about Sanatan Hindu Dharma and temples?” he wrote on X. “Listen closely to the arrogant statements of Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy. By saying ‘I don’t go to mutts or temples,’ he has belittled the faith centres of millions of Hindus in the state. Rayareddy was the financial adviser to former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Because it begins with humanity,” the minister said, i would like to say that Islam is superior to all other religions.
By making statements like ‘Islam is superior to other religions,’ he has demeaned Sanatan Dharma,” said the BJP leader. BJP spokesperson Ashok Gowda accused the minister and the Congress government of trying to appease “his voters”.
He became a minister in DK Shivakumar’s Cabinet expansion earlier this month.
