During an address at Sri Krishna Mutt in Karnataka's Udupi, Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan said, "Some think Dharma and...Constitution are two different worlds, but they aren't." "Dharma is...moral compass [and]...Constitution is a legal compass," Kalyan added. Reacting to the remarks, Congress leader BK Hariprasad stated that Constitution is secular and there is no place for Dharma in it.