Belagavi (Karnataka):
Karnataka Minister and BJP leader KS Eshwarappa said that the party ticket might be given to Hindu candidates from any community but not to a Muslim.
“We might give the party ticket to any community among Hindus. Whoever we might give it to — maybe Lingayats, Kurubas, Vokkaligas, or Brahmins but definitely, it will not be given to Muslims,” KS Eshwarappa told media on Sunday.
KS Eshwarappa is a Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister.