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Government does not endorse discriminatory statements: Rajnath
New Delhi, April 21
The government on Tuesday
said it does not "endorse" any kind of statement which seeks to
discriminate between the people of the country.
Intervening
during zero hour in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: "We
do not endorse any statement inside and outside the house which talks
about discrimination on the basis on caste, creed and religion".
The
matter was raised by Congress MP from Kerala M.I Shanavaz, who sought
to bring to the attention of the house comments by a Shiv Sena MP who
had reportedly talked about taking away the voting rights of a
particular community to stop vote bank politics.
BJP MP Sakshi
Maharaj had also backed his comments by demanding that a strict law on
family planning be brought in for all to check the population growth. He
said those who do not follow it should be stripped of their voting
rights.
Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the Congress in the Lok
Sabha, also accused members of the ruling BJP of making communal
statements.