Wipe out Islam to eliminate terrorism - BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde
UdayavaniEnglish.com, Mar 01, 2016, 12:06 PM IST
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Bhatkal:In what could snowball into a major controversy, BJP leader and Member of Parliament Anant Kumar Dattatreya Hegde said that Islam had to be eliminated from the world as it was linked with terrorism.
Anant Kumar represents the Uttara Kannada constituency; he gave the controversial statement at a press meet held at Srisi on Sunday.
Addressing the gathering, he said that Islam was a hurdle for global peace and that terrorism could not be wiped out as long as Islam remained in the world and the only remedy of putting an end to terrorism was by eliminating the religion.
Anant Kumar went to the extent of saying that Bhatkal (part of his constituency), a Muslim dominant town and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh were the epicenters of terrorism in the country.
The MP also accused some politicians and a section of the media of supporting terrorism as well as anti-national activities.
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After Katheria, another BJP MP makes 'anti-Muslim' comments; here's what he said
In further embarrassment for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a party MP from Karnataka has associated Islam with terrorism just days after a hate speech against the Muslim community by Minister of State for Human Resource and Development (HRD) Ram Shankar Katheria at a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) event in Agra.
"Till the time Islam exists in the world, no one can stop terrorism. If we want to keep a place like Bhatkal peaceful, then we should throw Islam away from this world and we should shut Islam," BJP MP Ananth Kumar Hegde said at a press conference on 1 March.
Katheria's speech at the condolence meeting for a VHP worker at Agra, where he called on the Hindu community to unite against Muslims, rocked the Parliament yesterday with both Houses witnessing disruptions over the incendiary speeches at the event.
Katheria, however, claimed that he had not targeted any community in his speech.
He, along with BJP MP from Fatehpur Sikri Babu Lal, attended a condolence meeting on Sunday for VHP worker Arun Mahaur, who was allegedly shot dead by some Muslim youth in Agra.
Meanwhile, leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, commenting on the issue accused the BJP and RSS of harbouring plans to divide the country.
While Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav demanded that Katheria be sacked, Congress leader Anand Sharma moved an adjournment notice in the Rajya Sabha on the matter.
After Katheria another BJP MP, Anant Kumar Hegde makes 'anti-Muslim' comments; here's what he said
