MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal, speaking at a Ram Navami event, claimed that Waqf properties belong to Hindu temples and religious sites. He asserted that B.R. Ambedkar had warned the country would not be safe if partition occurred before the last Muslim had left for Pakistan. He asked the audience whether they wanted a Chief Minister like Yogi Adityanath to teach a lesson to the “anti-nationals.”