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. 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."Call me a bigot, communal fanatic or whatever. But singular reason for BJP's defeat in Jayanagar is the complete consolidation of Muslim vote. Look at the below numbers from Gurappanapalya, a Muslim locality. BJP must "really" become a Hindu party & not just be perceived as one," he tweeted.When TOI asked him if this tweet ran contrary to the 'Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas' philosophy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , he said: "The ideological inclinations are not an issue for this election. The issue for the election today is PM Modi's promise of a new and superpower India. 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. Rest is immaterial."

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