Now, I want to slap Farooq Abdullah at Lal Chowk: BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu, who threatened Deepika, Bhansali

NC veteran Farooq Abdullah had recently made pro-Pakistan remarks aimed at the BJP govt at the Centre.

Chandigarh: Suraj Pal Amu, the controversial Haryana BJP leader, who was in news for threatening the cast and crew of controversial film Padmavati, on Wednesday said that he wanted to slap former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah over the latter's pro-Pakistan remarks.

''Now, my dream is to slap Farooq Abdullah on Lal Chowk,'' AMU, who today quit as Haryana BJP's media coordinator, said.

Challenging the National Conference patron, Amu said, ''I challenge him (Farooq) to meet me there.''

Reactions from Amu came days after the veteran National Conference leader dared the Narendra Modi government at the Centre to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk before talking about hoisting one in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.

“They (Centre and BJP) are talking about raising flag in PoK. I ask them first you go and raise the tricolour at Lal Chowk in Srinagar. They can’t even do that here and they are talking about PoK," Abdullah had said.

Amu had recently threatened director Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actress Deepika Padukone over controversial film Padmavati.

The Haryana BJP leader had created headlines by warning that he will burn down any movie theatre that screened Padmavati, which is facing stiff opposition from several right-wing outfits including Sri Rajput Karni Sena over alleged ''distortion of historical facts''.  

Amu had even offered a Rs 10 crore reward to anyone who would behead Bhansali, the director of Padmavati, or actress Deepika Padukone, who plays the titular role of Rajput Queen Rani Padmavati.

Amu had made the Rs 10-crore reward offer after an individual from Meerut announced a Rs 5-crore bounty on the heads of Bhansali and Deepika. 

The Haryana BJP media chief's comments had sparked an outrage and he was subsequently booked by the Gurgaon authorities.

Amu is also reportedly upset with Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar for not announcing a ban on Padmavati's release across the BJP-ruled state.

''With a heavy heart, I have resigned from the post I had in BJP. I am pained at the behaviour of Haryana CM. I have never seen a BJP CM so arrogant who doesn't respect party workers and community representatives,'' Amu was quoted as saying by ANI.

The movie has so far faced stiff resistance from several Rajput organisations over rumours that it contains a dream sequence depicting a romantic scene between Rani Padmini and Alauddin Khilji (played by actor Ranveer Singh).

Several states including UP, MP, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat have already banned the film's release.

Padmavati, which was earlier scheduled to be released on December 1, also awaits a clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification. 

The Chief Ministers of five states where the movie has been banned had said that they will not allow Bhansali's movie to release until 'objectionable scenes' are removed. 

Sri Rajput Karni Sena had even called for a nation-wide shutdown on December 1 - the day when the film was earlier supposed to be released.