Lucknow: In remarks that may snowball into a controversy, BJP MLA Brij Bhushan Rajput has said that Muslims may be “denied" Haj pilgrimage if they “oppose" the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
In a video posted on his Facebook wall, the MLA from Bundelkhand’s Charkhari is seen making a communally charged speech in which he also rakes up Partition.
“If Muslims don’t allow construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, we Hindus will deny them Haj…. Muslims got Pakistan but even then we allowed many of them to stay back. India is of Hindus and 100 crore Hindus need to realise their might," the first-time MLA is heard saying.
Rajput also termed “leaders like (AIMIM chief) Asaduddin Owaisi" as “traitors", adding that they should be sent to Pakistan.
This is not Rajput’s first brush with controversy. His Bundelkhand Sena had shot to notoriety when its workers stormed and ransacked the Uttar Pradesh Congress headquarters in Lucknow before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
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