“Those who are burning the country must note that the people have woken up,” said the MLA.
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MLA from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh Mehboob Ali on Monday, 30 September 2024 stirred a huge controversy with his remark that “the BJP rule is about to end as the Muslim population is increasing”.
“Your rule will come to an end. The population of Muslims is increasing. We will come to power. The Mughals ruled for 850 years, they could not. Those who are burning the country must note that the people have woken up,” said Mehboob Ali during a public event in Bijnor.
“They (people) gave a reply in Parliament (polls). And in the coming days, in 2027, you will surely go and we will come,” said the SP MLA referring to the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled for 2027.
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BJP’s strong rebuttal to Mehboob Ali’s comments
Reacting strongly to the SP MLA’s contentious statement, former BJP National Secretary Sunil Deodhar posted on X: “Be careful, the Muslim population has increased, now your rule is about to end! This threat is from SP MLA Mehboob Ali in a country of 100 crore Hindus! No leader of the INDIA alliance will deny such a statement because the vote bank will get spoiled.”
Subrat Pathak, the BJP Uttar Pradesh general secretary said the MLA’s remarks raise questions which the Samajwadi Party must answer. “Is this why Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is busy dividing Hindus? So that a particular community’s wish is fulfilled?”
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He Further said that Akhilesh Yadav must remember that the country has changed. “The Hindus have made Narendra Modi the Prime Minister for the third time and Yogi Adityanath the Chief Minister for two terms,” Pathak said.
In their defence, Samajwadi Party’s Sunil Sajan said the party does not agree with Mehboob Ali’s remark. “But it is true that inflation has increased, unemployment has increased, BJP’s corruption has increased, their lies have increased, their politics of hate has increased, the borders are not secure, states are burning and the Prime Minister is silent. So a large population wants to ensure the BJP’s defeat. So the BJP is not here for long” he said.
Meanwhile, reports say that an FIR has been registered Mehboob Ali and Bijnor SP chief Shaikh Zakir Hussain at Kotwali City PS in connection with the above mentioned statement. The MLA made a statement “promoting enmity and hatred between Hindus and Muslims on the basis of religion,” states the FIR.
