Hubballi, Sept. 19 -- Expelled BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal today escalated the political controversy surrounding his remarks on Sanatan Dharma, Dalit women, and Islam by directly challenging Congress leader and Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge, suggesting that Kharge should resign if he felt embarrassed by the FIR filed against Yatnal.
Addressing reporters, Yatnal alleged that Kharge had orchestrated a conspiracy to target him politically by filing the FIR based on selectively edited excerpts of his speech. He claimed that media reports and social media narratives had distorted his remarks, portraying them as offensive, while in reality, his intention was to explain differences in religious practices, not to demean any community.
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