BJP State president Nalin Kumar Kateel said that the reason for Congress leaders targeting RSS is minority appeasement and that they wanted to draw minority votes from the Janata Dal(S) to the Congress.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Monday, Mr. Kateel said that the manner in which the Congress is targeting the RSS, it seem they do not require the votes of Hindus. Already, the Congress is losing ground across the country and its leaders are deserting the party. Their attempt to appease minorities by targeting the RSS will only boomerang on them, he said.
To a query, on choosing the former Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti as BJP candidate, he said that experienced parliamentarians like him are required in the Upper House and so, the party decided to field him. On the allegation that Mr. Horatti is being fielded because of lack of winnable candidates in the party, he said that earlier, on several occasions, the party fielded party workers who won the elections.
