BJP MLA to Muslims: ‘No Hajj if you create obstacles in Ram Mandir construction’

Kanpur, July 14: BJP MLA from Charkhari (Uttar Pradesh), Brijbhushan Rajput, warned Muslims that they won’t be allowed to go on Hajj pilgrimage if they create obstacles in the construction of Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya.

He issued the warning through a video on his Facebook page.

“The Muslim community should respect the feelings (on the issue of Ram Temple) of 100 crore Hindus in the country. If they don’t do so, we will not respect their feelings too,” he said.

“If they (Muslims) create hindrance or stop construction of Ram Temple, their Hajj pilgrimage will also be stopped,” Rajput said.

The MLA also called upon the people to avenge the killing of seven Amarnath pilgrims by “storming the houses of militants”.

Rajput demanded that the minority status of Muslims should be repealed and the subsidy given on Hajj pilgrimage should be scrapped.

After putting up the video on his Facebook page, Rajput was quoted by Hindustan Times saying it was not his statement but that of 100 crore Hindus.

Justifying his stand he said if Muslims were taking it as a threat then let it be. “I completely stand by what I have said in the video,” he said.

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