BENGALURU: Within 24 hours of being controversially declared the BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, 28-year-old Tejasvi Surya was once pressured to delete his outdated tweet, one who went viral, about his dread at women getting 33% of the seats within the Lok Sabha.
His 2014 tweet: "With the exception of Womens' Reservation in Parliament, Modi govt agenda is inspiring. Dread d day when women's reservation becomes reality," was once widely shared.
Though the 'Chowkidar Tejasvi Surya' deal with quickly deleted it, the captured symbol gained momentum.
The Twitter-active Surya had also posted other controversial posts in June 2018 when BJP lost the Jayanagar seat to Congress.
"Call me a bigot, communal fanatic or whatever. But singular reason for BJP's defeat in Jayanagar is the complete consolidation of Muslim vote. Look at the below numbers from Gurappanapalya, a Muslim locality. BJP must "in point of fact" become a Hindu party & not just be perceived as one," he tweeted.
When IdealNews requested him if this tweet ran opposite to the 'Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas' philosophy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said: "The ideological inclinations are not an issue for this election. The issue for the election today is PM Modi's promise of a new and superpower India. My only concern as of today is to ensure that Bengaluru South elects the BJP with a massive margin so that we'll strengthen Modi's hands. Rest is immaterial."
His 2014 tweet: "With the exception of Womens' Reservation in Parliament, Modi govt agenda is inspiring. Dread d day when women's reservation becomes reality," was once widely shared.
Though the 'Chowkidar Tejasvi Surya' deal with quickly deleted it, the captured symbol gained momentum.
The Twitter-active Surya had also posted other controversial posts in June 2018 when BJP lost the Jayanagar seat to Congress.
"Call me a bigot, communal fanatic or whatever. But singular reason for BJP's defeat in Jayanagar is the complete consolidation of Muslim vote. Look at the below numbers from Gurappanapalya, a Muslim locality. BJP must "in point of fact" become a Hindu party & not just be perceived as one," he tweeted.
When IdealNews requested him if this tweet ran opposite to the 'Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas' philosophy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said: "The ideological inclinations are not an issue for this election. The issue for the election today is PM Modi's promise of a new and superpower India. My only concern as of today is to ensure that Bengaluru South elects the BJP with a massive margin so that we'll strengthen Modi's hands. Rest is immaterial."
LS: Surya deletes tweet opposing women's quota
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