BJP's Pradeep Bhandari criticised the comments of Karnataka's Home Minister G Parameshwara, who termed the stone pelting during Ganesh Visarjan in Mandya as a "small incident". Bhandari said, "This is...daily insult Hindus in Karnataka are being forced to face under Congress rule." "When it comes to Hindu festivals, violence is brushed aside as 'normal' in Rahul Gandhi's...party," he added.