Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday asked Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad to go to Pakistan, along with his two sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, if at all he were interested in giving reservation to Muslims.
Mr. Sarma made the remarks while addressing an election rally in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur in support of the BJP candidate Raj Bhushan Nishad. It was a reference to Mr. Prasad’s recent statement that Muslims in the country should also get reservation. He made the remark asked to respond to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments that the INDIA bloc would take reservations away from Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and give it to Muslims.
Later, he went back on his statement and said reservation cannot be given on religious grounds. However, his initial comment went viral on social media.
