By Abhishek Kumar

A newspaper clipping is viral on social media in which a report claims that Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah stated that he did not need the votes of Hindus and that the votes of Muslims would be sufficient for him to secure a victory in the elections. Additionally, the clipping alleges that the Congress party did not believe in Hinduism and it did not bother them if the BJP criticized them for Muslim appeasement politics.

The Facebook handle of the BJP Belagavi rural district shared the image with the caption stating that this was appeasement politics.

Several handles belonging to BJP supporters shared the newspaper clipping with the same claim on X.

It was also posted on YouTube in Kannada.

Fact Check

According to 2011 Census data, Hindus constituted 83% of Karnataka’s total population, while Muslims made up only 11%. Therefore, it seems highly unlikely for any party or chief minister to claim that they did not need the votes of the majority Hindu population.

We have provided a Google translation of this newspaper clipping below. The claim made in the sub-head of the report is incorrect. In March, Alt News debunked the viral claim that Siddaramaiah had stated that he wanted to be born as a Muslim in his next life. The fact check can be found here.

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