In a tweet, senior journalist DP Satish quoted Shanappa, “I am a Dalit from slums. I became an MLA, MLC, minister etc because of democracy built by leaders like Nehru.”
Senior BJP leader KB Shanappa "I am a Dalit from slums. I became an MLA, MLC, minister etc because of democracry built by leaders like Nehru
— DP SATISH (@dp_satish) July 13, 2018
Shanappa is a senior BJP leader and a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka.