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Karnataka polls: RSS pracharaks to media pros, BJP's Hindutva exponents

The saffron party's Hindutva exponents have all courted serious controversies with minority-baiting and combustible statements and invited criminal charges. Here's a brief profile of some of them

Pratap Simha (top left), Pralhad Joshi (top right), Sanjay B Patil (bottom right), Anantkumar Hegde (top left), Nalin Kumar Kateel (centre)
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Pratap Simha (top left), Pralhad Joshi (top right), Sanjay B Patil (bottom right), Anantkumar Hegde (top left), Nalin Kumar Kateel (centre)

Radhika Ramaseshan
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has woven in Hindutva-related themes in its Karnataka campaign while adhering to the “development” programme in its election manifesto and micro-manifestos, it has unveiled an array of faces and voices that have articulated the BJP’s position on cattle slaughter, the alleged attacks on its workers, the “withdrawal” of criminal cases against Muslims by the Congress government, the state government’s “deification” of Tipu Sultan and its “failure” to protect the Hindus. 

These Hindutva exponents — who range from original Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) whole-timers and sympathisers to farmers, media columnists and transporters — have all

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