Real problem is from insiders like Siddaramaiah: Hegde

In yet another controversial remarks, Union Minister for Skill Development Anantkumar Hegde on Sunday said that “there is no problem in facing Pakistan or any outsiders at the border. But, there is a real problem from insiders, like Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who divided Hindus on caste.”

Addressing a Ramnavami programme in Yadgir, Mr. Hegde alleged that the Congress had an agenda of dividing Hindus whenever they get an opportunity.

Calling the Congress as the destroyer of B.R. Ambedkar’s philosophy, he said: “He was systemically finished by the Congress, which is now taking his name wherever it goes.”

He criticised intellectuals, while accusing them of taking up selective agitations.

He asked where the intellectuals were when 23 Hindu youths were killed because of their religion.