Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council B.K. Hariprasad on Thursday stirred a controversy by saying that the founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Veer Savarkar were “same”. Hariprasad, a senior Congress leader, said: “It is because of Jinnah and Savarkar the country is facing the current situation.” “Veer Savarkar was an atheist. On the one hand there are …
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council B.K. Displaying the images of such a “non-believer” in Ganesha pandals amounted to insulting the Hindu religion, he said while accusing the BJP of using Savarkar’s photographs without understanding the impact of his atheist beliefs on the festival just for the sake of politics. Mr. Hariprasad was visiting Mysuru and Chamarajanagar in …
