BJP legislator from Charkhari, Brij Bhushan Rajput has stirred a controversy by uploading a video targeting a particular community in view of the attack on pilgrims returning from Amarnath Yatra in Kashmir and even threatened to stop the Haj pilgrimage.
The video was uploaded on the Facebook page of the law maker at 4 pm on July 12 and is believed to have shot in a car.
In the clip, the legislator was seen saying that those who attacked pilgrims in Kashmir should be killed.
“They live in India but sing paeans of another country. India is a country of majority Hindus. We have never asked minority (read Muslims) to leave India. If 100 crore Hindus start chasing away Muslim they will not be able to live here,” the legislator said in his video.
Rajput further said: “The Muslims go on Haj. We have never stopped them from going to Haj. In fact, the Government gives them subsidy. If Muslims create hurdle on construction of Ram temple, we will also stop their Haj.”
The post has received over 400 likes and 179 comments some of them hailing him a as true Hindu nationalist. Once the video went viral, protests have been staged at Charkhari seeking action against Rajput but no action has been taken against the BJP MlA so far.
Brij Bhushan Rajput (36) is a first time MlA and his father Ganga Charan Rajput is a former MP.