Chennai, April 27 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CR Kesavan on Sunday sharply criticised Karnataka Excise Minister and Congress leader RB Thimmapur for his controversial remarks regarding the Pahalgam terrorist attack.

Recently, while speaking with mediapersons in Karnataka's Bagalkot, Thimmapur, said, "I personally don't think the assailants would have asked the name and religion of the tourists...It is not just to add religious colour to cover up an intelligence failure." Thimmapur had stated that the terrorists wouldn't have inquired about the religion or names of the victims, suggesting that blaming religion for the attack was unfair.

Kesavan slammed the Karnataka minister for these comments, calling them disrespectful to th...