Graveyard politics: Sakshi overtakes Modi, says Muslims should be cremated

February 28, 2017

New Delhi, Feb 28: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his infamous 'qabristan-shamshaan' remarks at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has taken a leaf out of his book and suggested Muslims should also be cremated since there is not enough land for graveyards.

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"Whether it is named qabristan (graveyard) or shamshaan (crematoriums), nobody needs to be buried. There are 2-2.5 crore Hindu saints in this country who should have a memorial after their death. That will require land. There are 20 crore Muslims, all of them need a grave. Where is the land in Hindustan?" Maharaj said today.

At a rally in Fatehpur earlier this month, Modi had said, "If you create qabristan in a village, then a shamshaan should also be created. If there is uninterrupted electricity in Ramzan, it should also be given during Diwali. There should be no discrimination."

The statement had triggered a storm, with the Opposition accusing Modi of trying to communalise the crucial three-cornered Uttar Pradesh contest.

Maharaj, 61, however, has a reputation for shooting his mouth. He has repeatedly blamed Muslims for India's population. Last month, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against him by the Meerut Police for saying those entitled to "marry four times and have 40 children" are responsible for the country's population explosion.

Since the statement was made while Uttar Pradesh is voting, even the Election Commission had pulled up Maharaj and sought a report from the Meerut administration.

Comments

sam
 - 
Wednesday, 1 Mar 2017

First cremate this dog then bury to ensure he is fully dead, otherwise his atma may roam everywhere to make mischief activity by joining sanghi. One Atma is already there in country's top post.

razak
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Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

real issue we are facing same problem in mangalore need to improvement

shaji
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

This fool needs immedaite treatment before he goes 100 percent mad and runs in the street without clothes. I hope the mother who gave birth to this fool is repenting for the mistake. She is also might be cursing him. He is a waste to our land and his chapter should be closed at the earliest. PM MOdi is silent on the remarks made by his chela. PM himself gave incorrect and illogic and irresponsble statement. Being a PM he should not have made such statement. I think Mukhtar naqwi and Shanawaz have agreed to sakshi maharge statement and given their consent to cremate their bodies after death.

Zakir
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

How come these kind of funny and illiterates become MP ???? How funny he talks and if you check his history its shocking...

Abu Safwan
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

Barking dogs are not biting

Thanzeel
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

The uneducated and unethical person

Skazi
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

To correct him, he should be circimcised . He should be served with dogs, snakes in his daily food as it is done in Singapore...... If you want Hindu population, get married no of wives and produce children, But do not desert the wives like your Boss....

Shabeer
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

LOL, he thoughts INDIA means only Uttar Pradesh....

Rikaz
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

This guy surely gone mad!

Ahmed K.C.
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

Are Muslims responsible for all those 100 crore Hindu population.

Althaf
 - 
Tuesday, 28 Feb 2017

Who let the dogs out....

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