Muslims Don’t Trust Us, Won’t Give Them Tickets: K’Taka BJP Leader

KS Eshwarappa later said that he is “not the hater of any community including Muslims”.

Senior BJP leader KS Eshwarappa said that it won’t give tickets to Muslims as the community doesn’t trust the party. In a video clip aired by CNN-News 18, Eswarappa says, "The Congress believed Muslims were vote bank. But because Muslims have stopped voting for them, they've stopped giving seats to Muslims.” He goes on to add, “We won't give tickets to Muslims in Karnataka. Why? Because you don't believe in us. Believe us and we'll see."

#NewsAlert – @BJP4India leader @ikseshwarappa polarizes ahead of elections. “No tickets for Muslims as they don’t believe in us”, says Eshwarappa. #ElectionsWithNews18 #BattleOf2019 | @deepab18 with more details pic.twitter.com/s64yyHZbdA

— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 2, 2019