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BJP chides Sadhvi for anti-Muslim statement
Lucknow, Feb 2
The BJP Monday warned Sadhvi
Prachi, one of its leaders in Uttar Pradesh, after she made a comment
derisive of Muslims and asked her to show restraint.
Sadhvi
Prachi said at a VHP event in Badayun Sunday that she had done no wrong
by asking Hindu women to mother four children as she was not asking them
to "give birth to 30-40 pups like others".
BJP Uttar Pradesh
president Laxmikant Bajpayi said the comment was uncalled for and Sadhvi
Prachi cannot behave like a Vishwa Hindu Parishad worker while being in
the Bharatiya Janata Party.
"The BJP does not support such
statements. It would be better that Sadhvi Prachi realises that she
cannot give a statement on the lines of VHP while being a BJP leader."
Prachi had dared state Urban Development Minister Mohd Azam Khan to embrace Hinduism.
She
had also announced rewards for all Hindu women who give birth to more
than four children. She also slammed the media and other political
parties for reacting adversely to her earlier statements.