Giriraj Singh should be sent to Pakistan, says Maulana Mehmood Madani

Lok Sabha Polls 2014 — Bharatiya Janata Party`s Giriraj Singh came under attack on Monday from Muslim clerics who took strong offence to the Bihar leader questioning loyalty of certain sections of the society and taunting them to `support Narendra Modi or leave for Pakistan`.

Zee Media Bureau/Hemant Abhishek New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party`s Giriraj Singh came under attack on Monday from Muslim clerics who took strong offence to the Bihar leader questioning loyalty of certain sections of the society and taunting them to `support Narendra Modi or leave for Pakistan`. Talking to reporters, Maulana Mehmood Madani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said, “ Giriraj Singh ji jaise log aur unki soch ke log Pakistan mein bohot hain, unhe hi vahan bhej dena chahiye There are plenty of people in Pakistan who think like Giriraj Singh, perhaps he should be sent there.” Syed Yahya Bukhari, the younger brother of Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, retorted to Singh`s remark, and said, “Ye kya koi `gudde gudiya` ka khel hai? Is it child`s play that people who don`t support Modi will be sent to Pakistan?” Another cleric Mufti Mukarram took the attack to Singh and said, “This is not Giriraj Singh`s India, it belongs to all of us. We will live and die here.” Mukarram also demanded action against other leaders of saffron outfits involved in `fanning communal fire`, and said, “Action should be taken against Praveen Togadia and people who fan communal sentiments should be put behind bars. Earlier on Sunday an FIR was filed against Giriraj Singh, former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari and some other party leaders over the controversial remark by Singh that the Centre gave subsidy to those who exported beef and taxed those who reared cows. The FIR was lodged under the Bihar Representation of Improvement of Animal Act, 1952, under the Representation of People`s Act 1951, and for violation of the Model Code of Conduct, police said. Deoghar Superintendent of Police Rakesh Bansal confirmed that an FIR has been filed against the leaders with the Mohanpur police. On the direction of sub-divisional magistrate-cum-deputy Returning Officer Jay Jyoti Samanta, the FIR was filed against Singh, Gadkari, BJP`s Godda candidate Nishikant Dubey and those who were on the stage during the meeting at Mohanpur, Bansal said. Singh had also said in his poll speech that those who opposed the party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would have to shift base to Pakistan after the outcome of election results.