Muslims who don’t vote for BJP support Pakistan, says Karnataka minister

State rural development minister KS Eshwarappa once again sparked a controversy when he said nationalist Muslims had voted for the BJP, but those who favoured Pakistan did not.

The statement was made by the minister at a public rally on Sunday.

“Before we formed this government, some Congress MLAs came to me and said they too wanted to join the BJP, but were worried about the 50,000-odd Muslim votes in their constituencies. This is hijra behaviour,” he said.

“I told them that in my constituency there is no caste backing for me. There are 50,000-odd Muslims in my constituency, but I have never asked for their vote, but I still managed to win by 47,000 votes,” Eshwarappa added.