Firebrand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairy and Fisheries, Giriraj Singh, courted controversy yet again by saying that the recent attacks on Ram Navami processions in some parts of the country flew in the face of the claims of a composite culture in India.
The attacks, "belie the claim of the Ganga- Jamuni tehzeeb (composite culture) in India,” Mr. Singh told the media in Katihar late on Monday.
The BJP leader took on the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi and other “secular politicians with Jinnah’s DNA” for their remarks that “Hindus should avoid venturing into Muslim-dominated localities to avoid communal flare-ups while taking out religious processions”.
