After Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde stoked ire for his remark about the Constitution, another BJP lawmaker from Karnataka has courted controversy amid the heavy electioneering in the poll-bound state.

The BJP MLA from Belagavi, Sanjay Patil, has been captured on camera making polarising statements by invoking religion at what appears to be an election rally.

Speaking in Kannada, Patil is reportedly heard saying: