After unrestrained ‘Ram bhakts’, a BJP minister in Jharkhand was on Friday seen on national TV brazenly asking a Muslim MLA to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, insisting he was a “Ram wala” and that “Babur or Timur Lang”, the medieval era Muslim conquerors, were not his ancestors.
It all started on a lighter note when C P Singh, the state’s urban development minister, and Irfan Ansari, a Congress MLA, were standing outside the Legislative Assembly surrounded by cameramen.
Singh was seen wrapping his arm around Ansari’s shoulders and asking him to chant the slogan hailing the Lord. “Ek baar zor se Jai Shri Ram boliye (say Jai Shri Ram vigorously,” Singh told Ansari, who smilingly showed the red ‘Mauli’ tied on his right hand.