Vijayapura Police have registered a case against BJP leaders and legislators Basanagouda Patil Yatnal and Thakur Raja Singh Lodh on the charge of making communally provocative speeches in a rally in Vijayapura on March 4.
Mr. Yatnal is the Vijayapura City MLA and Mr. Lodh is the Goshamahal MLA in Hyderabad of Telangana.
The two leaders are said to have made communally provocative remarks during a rally organised as part of Shivaji Jayanti celebrations by the Janata Seva Sangha in the city.
The case was registered following a complaint filed by Abubakar Rajesab Kambagi, a retired teacher and resident of Vijayapura.
Mr. Lodh likened the Muslim residents of India to Pakistanis and said that they were descendants of Mughals. He gave a call to youth to decimate them, according to the complaint.
Mr. Yatnal said that if he were to be the Home Minister, he will organise encounters to finish off all Muslims in Vijayapura. He also said that Muslims were traitors and anti-nationals who needed to be taught a lesson, according to the complaint.
