ravi: Our thought is how to get PoK, says BJP’s CT Ravi

During an ET Roundtable, Ravi said that recently, the age-old border issue regarding villages in Karnataka and Maharashtra came up and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai and Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis made some comments on this. Both the states have BJP-led governments.

There are certain Marathi-speaking areas in Karnataka such as Belagavi which Maharashtra always claims to belong to them. Similarly, there are some Kannada-speaking areas like Jat which Karnataka claims to belong to their state, he said.

Ravi is an MLA from Karnataka and is currently party in-charge of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Goa.
“We are thinking about PoK. Both Jat and Belagavi are inside the country and are in safe hands. Our thought is how to bring PoK back,” he said.

On hijab, he said: “We never oppose hijab. But schools have a dress code and it is common for everyone. Is it right to defy that dress code?”

He gave an example of the recent anti-hijab movement in Iran and said that people are protesting hijab in a country which follows Sharia Law. “Here, in India, which has a uniform law, some people are protesting for Sharia.”

Regarding the education policy, he said: “After NEP implementation, there is no dispute. NEP gives everyone the opportunity to get education in their mother tongue.” “If someone in Belagavi wants to get an education in Marathi, they can do it. Similarly, Kannada-speaking people in Maharashtra can get education in their language. If you look at the history of India, several wars took place over different regions. But no war happened over language. There is an interrelation between all Indian languages. We are here to strengthen that relationship,” he said.