He is unapologetic about his far right view and he believes Modi critics are anti-India – Meet Tejasvi Surya, the BJP’s candidate from Bengaluru South.

A practising lawyer at the Karnataka High Court, an RSS swayamsevak, the general secretary of the state for Yuva morcha and also a part of the national social media team of the BJP, Surya takes on Congress’ BK Hariprasad in one of the most conservative constituencies in Bengaluru.

The Quint caught up with him for an interview ahead of the Lok Sabha election, and here’s what he said.