Bengaluru, May 6 -- Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge has slammed the BJP over its criticism of the state government's proposed Anti-Communal Task Force and accused the party of fostering communal tensions in the state.

"Whatever BJP wants to do, let them be held accountable for it. How did places like Mangaluru's Karavali and the coastal belt become a laboratory for Hindutva?" Kharge asked.

"How many BJP members are being murdered? It is the poor and backward communities who are getting caught up in this. Why is this vicious cycle of revenge killings happening? Because they (BJP) bred this," he added.

He was answering a query on BJP's criticism of the proposed Anti-Communal Task Force to be set up by the state government.

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