New Delhi: Politicians have been the subject of scorn and criticism for making controversial remarks from time to time. BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj is the latest to make headlines for the wrong reasons.
On Sunday, he took to social media to urge citizens to equip their homes with ‘cold drink bottles and arrows’ in case a group of people attack their homes or neighbourhoods. He added that police won’t come to their rescue in such a situation, hence they should be ready.
“If this crowd comes suddenly to your street, neighbourhood or house, there is a remedy for it… For such guests, every house should have one or two boxes of cold drinks and some arrows. Jai Shri Ram,” former Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha member Sakshi Maharaj wrote in Facebook.
He also posted a picture of a crowd charging down a road armed with lathis.
“The police will not come to save you, but will instead hide to save themselves. After these people do ‘jihad’ and leave, the police will come with lathis and form an investigation committee after everything is over,” he further wrote.
There have been clashes between two communities in Delhi’s Jahangirpuri and other states recently, on the occasions of Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti.
This is not first time that Sakshi Maharaj has made contentious comments.
Here’s some of his previous controversial comments:
* In 2015, he said Hindu women must produce “at least 4 children to protect the religion”… Taking a dig at Muslim community, he added that the concept of “four wives and forty children just won’t work in India”
* “When a Muslim dies, they give 20 lakh rupees, but Hindu doesn’t even get 20,000,” he said after ex-gratia was raised following the On the Dadri mob lynching incident
* He said Hindus will are prepared to kill to protect cows from being slaughtered. “We won’t remain silent if somebody tries to kill our mother (cow)… We are ready to kill and get killed”
* He claimed he was a true Muslim, while Prophet Mohammed was a great ‘yogi’ being the biggest practitioner of Yoga
Mumbai: Television actress Hina Khan, who is battling breast cancer, recently met host Salman Khan…
Mumbai: Following reports of his alleged link-up with bassist Mohini Dey, renowned music composer AR…
Mumbai: The love story of actors Tamannaah Bhatia and Vijay Varma has not been clandestine.…
Puri: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has received the report of the Ratna Bhandar’s GPR-GPS…
With his debut novel ‘The Other Side of the Rainbow’ published recently, Niranjan Nayak, an…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha outplayed Chhattisgarh 4-1 on Saturday to seal a berth in the final round…
Mumbai: The Telangana government’s notice barring him from singing songs promoting alcohol and drugs at…
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the ‘Odisha Parba 2024’ programme on Sunday…