K’taka Min Zameer stirs row claiming Congress won Bidar LS seat because of Muslim votes [Video]

Karnataka Minister for Housing, Minority Welfare, and Waqf, Zameer Ahmed Khan has stirred a controversy by stating that Congress candidate Sagar Khandre won only because of Muslim votes from the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency.

He added that Sagar Khandre has to do the work of the community out of compulsion.

Minister Zameer had made the controversial remark while attending the Waqf Adalat programme in Bidar on Monday and its video went viral on social media on Tuesday.

Zameer stated, “Sirf aur sirf Muslim vote se Sagar Khandre jeete hain. Hamara kaam jhak maar ke karna padta hai. (Sagar Khandre won only because of Muslim votes. He has to do our work out of compulsion).”

Zameer made the statement while discussing the allocation of government land for a burial ground in an area with a large Muslim population.

“I will speak to the Minister for Forests, Eshwar Khandre, about this. Eshwar Khandre’s son, …