Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister, B Ramanath Rai, criticized BJP, Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath, and Hindu outfits. On the cancellation of national BJP president, Amit Shah's proposed visit to the city, he felt that it was cancelled because of the fact that BJP leaders have lost their hopes of good performance in Dakshina Kannada district.
He expressed confidence that Congress will get popular votes in the district during the next election, as he felt that the people will this time support the party that protests communal harmony.
On the issue of Yogi Adityanath's criticism about the state government, Rai pointed out that hundreds of small children had died in Uttar Pradesh for want of oxygen and that law and order situation in that state has been abysmal.