Back in row over call for mosque demolitions, Anantkumar Hegde is six-time BJP MP seeking to kickstart poll prep
The BJP distanced itself from comments made by its Karnataka MP Anantkumar Hegde calling for mosques allegedly built on temples to be demolished, ahead of the Ram temple consecration on January 22 in Ayodhya. However, the incident wasn’t the Uttara Kannada MP’s first brush with controversy.