Udupi: Speaking to reporters in Udupi, Dinesh Gundu Rao, state working president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) said that BJP should not try to make Karnataka communal.

"BJP president Amit Shah has visited Karnataka state three or four times recently. We have listened to what he had said and replied to all his queries and accusations. At least this time let him speak the truth. Do not ignite the communal feelings of people of our state. Let BJP tell, what it has done to resolve the issues of people of this country? Let them refrain from making false accusations against our government,” he said.

"Amit Shah should speak in a responsible manner. He should strive to convey the truth to people,” BJP is attempting to unleash politics of terror. We do not have any issues with the visit of Amit Shah. Let him try to upkeep the well being of our state," he added.

"Rahul Gandhi's visit to northern Karnataka is a success. No one has taken the contract to go to temple or masjid. Temples are not BJP's property. They should abstain from speaking about our visits to the temple. It is our culture to visit temples. Let Amit Shah visit Maths and temples and also churches and masjids. Let him visit the houses of all those who are deceased. BJP does not have the right or ethics to question us to why we have visited the house of a certain slain person," he concluded.