BJP Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya, along with MP from Uttara Kannada Ananth Kumar Hegde, Thursday wrote to civic commissioner Manjunath Prasad, opposing naming of roads after Muslim figures in a minority-dominated area in the city.
Tejasvi Surya in his letter described the move to name a few roads after Muslims in Padarayanapura, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Ward no 135, as reeking of “communal mentality of two nation theory”, and requested the BBMP commissioner to revise the list with non-Muslim public figures.
Tejasvi Surya in the letter said, “Christening of roads in Muslim-dominated locality with only Muslim names reeks of the same communal mentality of the two-nation theory and Muslim League’s demand of separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims. This is dangerous and must be condemned.”
