Pic: An earlier tweet of Surya’s, saying that he “dreaded” women’s reservation (in parliament/state legislative assemblies), has also been widely reported in the media. Surya has said that those who don’t support Modi are “anti-India” and “anti-national”. Yet, just two days back, he reportedly said that the ideology of the two mainstream left parties in India – CPI(M) and CPI – was “anti-national”. In a recent interview with NDTV, Surya said he did not regret his social media posts, and that it was part of growing up and evolving. Surya has branded those who don’t support Modi as “anti-India” and “anti-national”, which has also been controversial. He has also described Hindu philosophy as universal and accepting, and others as predatory. Surya’s speeches frequently refer to the Congress as a “party of the Muslims”, “jehadi party”, and so on.
In his tweets, he has called for consolidation of Hindu votes to counter “Muslim consolidation” of votes going to the Congress. He has strongly advocated for a “Hindu Rashtra”, and for BJP to “unapologetically be a party for Hindus”. However, his speeches and social media posts have become controversial for his hardline Hindutva position. Surya had also organised and addressed BJP rallies across the country during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The rally was credited for BJP’s victory in the region in the assembly election. He was also part of BJP’s ‘Mangalore Chalo’ rally in 2017, to protest the alleged murders of RSS workers in Dakshina Kannada region. Surya had won national recognition for his leadership of the state BJP’s digital communications during the assembly election last year. In 2017, the British High Commission had selected him to participate in a young leadership programme in the UK. Surya has co-founded the Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence, an organisation that runs projects related to education and entrepreneurship. He is also the nephew of Ravi Subramanya, the BJP MLA from Basavanagudi. Surya is a spokesperson for the BJP, and also part of its national social media team.
He is currently the State Secretary of Yuva Morcha, BJP’s youth wing. Surya, 28, is a practising lawyer at the Karnataka High Court, and has been associated with the BJP and RSS for long. Tejasvi Surya, contesting on a BJP ticket from Bangalore South constituency, is one of the youngest candidates this election.
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