BJP leader attacks former Bihar minister says, 'Go to Pakistan with family' [Watch Video]
_242573_730x419-m.jpg "Abdul Bari Siddiqui")
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui has come under scathing attack from the BJP over his recent remarks on "desh ka mahaul (the situation in the country)" and "advising his children to settle abroad".
In a video, which is being widely shared on the internet, the RJD leader can be heard saying, "My son is studying in Harvard. And the daughter is studying in London. The kind of the situation in the country, which has emerged, I just told my children - find jobs abroad."
"If you can get the citizenship, take it," he further says in Hindi. Suggesting that the country's environment "is no longer conducive" (in an apparent reference to the Muslim community), further, the RJD leader can be heard saying: "You can understand how painful it is for a person to tell his children to leave their homeland. But such are the times that we are living in."
“हमने कहा अपने बेटा-बेटी को कि नौकरी कर लो उधर ही, अगर सिटिज़नशिप भी मिले तो ले लेना…”
— News Tak (@newstakofficial) December 22, 2022
आरजेडी के वरिष्ठ नेता और #Bihar के पूर्व मंत्री अब्दुल बारी सिद्दीकी ने भारत में मुसलमानों की असुरक्षा को लेकर दिया बड़ा बयान, कहा: कितनी तकलीफ से कोई अपने बच्चों से कहेगा कि वतन को छोड़ जाओ। pic.twitter.com/9v5Nw4uVTs
Demonstrating displeasure over Siddiqui’s remarks, and dubbing them as "anti-India", BJP spokesperson Nikhil Anand shared a video on his official Twitter handle. "The comment is condemnable, and it reflects the thought-process of the RJD. It just shows the kind of politics the party wants to indulge in. This is politics of religion."
राजद नेता सिद्दीकी के बयान निंदनीय है। ये लोग मदरसा संस्कृति से अभी भी बाहर नहीं निकल पाए हैं। ऐसे ही लोग सेक्युलरिज्म व लिबरलिज्म के मुखोटे में राष्ट्रविरोधी व धार्मिक एजेंडा चलाते हैं। सिद्दीकी का बयान आरजेडी की विचारधारा को परिलक्षित करता है। @blsanthosh @byadavbjp @BJP4India pic.twitter.com/DR2kFS5mcV
— Nikhil Anand (@NikhilAnandBJP) December 22, 2022
"Siddiqui calls himself a secular leader but his comments are anti-India and against Hindus. He should apologise to people of the country. If he feels so suffocated, and if has a problem with all the facilities and comforts that have come his way as a leader, he should go to Pakistan with whole family," said BJP leader.
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First published: 23 December 2022, 12:09 IST