Watch: ‘Sit down or I will rename mosque after Lord Vishnu,’ says BJP's Sambit Patra to AIMIM leader on Live TV debate
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra triggered a controversy by making communal and inflammatory statements on Muslim man and AIMIM's spokesperson Ayed Asim Waqar on a Live Tv debate.
Sambit Patra called all 'Allah bhakt'to keep quite or will change masjid names after Lord vishnu. "Allah ke bhakt ho to baith jao warna kisi masjid ka naam... bhagwan Vishnu ke naam pe rakh dunga," Sambit Patra told AIMIM spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar while appearing on a television panel during a live debate show on Friday, November 8. Patra was one of the five panellists of a TV debate show.
Sambit to MIM spokesman “Aye Suno Allah ke bhakt ho to baith jao warna kisi masjid ka naam badal kar bhagwan Vishnu ke naam rakh doonga” pic.twitter.com/agM2ClA8SN
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Patra said this after Waqar asked why BJP changed the name of Lucknow's Ekana International Stadium after ex-Prime Minister and veteran leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The Tv news panel was about the renaming of cities in Uttar Pradesh.
The 24-second video clip of the debate that has been shared on Twitter showed Patra heckling Sayyed Aasim Waqar of the AIMIM, badgering him constantly to state whether he was a devotee of Allah or Lord Vishnu.
Vakar responded to this by saying, “Bhakt toh hum Allah ke hi hain. Par hum aapke dharm ki bhi izzat karte hain.”
Sambit Patra, however, repeatedly interjected, “Bas toh phir chillao mat. Aap chillao mat aur baith jao. Allah ke bhakt ho toh phir chillao mat aur baith jao.” He, then, added snidely, “Baith jao chup-chap. Kisi Masjid ka naam rakh doonga Bhagwan Vishnu ke naam pe, phir chillate phiroge.”
The Live Tv debate also featured Congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh, Samajwadi Party spokesperson Ghanshyam Tiwari, and historian Professor Makhan Lal.
First published: 11 November 2018, 16:27 IST