LS: Surya deletes tweet opposing women's quota

Bengaluru | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

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Dread d day when women's reservation becomes reality," was widely shared.Though the ' Chowkidar Tejasvi Surya' handle quickly deleted it, the captured image gained momentum.The Twitter-active Surya had also posted other controversial posts in June 2018 when BJP lost the Jayanagar seat to Congress. My only concern as of today is to ensure that Bengaluru South elects the BJP with a massive margin so that we'll strengthen Modi's hands. The issue for the election today is PM Modi's promise of a new and superpower India. But singular reason for BJP's defeat in Jayanagar is the complete consolidation of Muslim vote. BENGALURU: Within 24 hours of being controversially declared the BJP candidate from Bengaluru South constituency, 28-year-old Tejasvi Surya was forced to delete his old tweet, one that went viral, about his dread at women getting 33% of the seats in the Lok Sabha His 2014 tweet: "With the exception of Womens' Reservation in Parliament, Modi govt agenda is inspiring..