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WHILE acknowledged that Muslims don’t vote for the BJP, Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that this didn’t mean that the Government victimised them.
“We don’t get Muslim votes, I acknowledge very clearly. But have we given them proper sanctity or not?” he asked.
Prasad was replying to a question at the Mindmine Summit organised by the Hero group. In an interactive session compered by Sunil Kant Munjal, Joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp, Prasad was asked how would the government ensure that its tent was big enough to accommodate India’s multi-cultural society.
Further speaking on the issue, the Union Minister said, “We have got 13 Chief Ministers of our own. We are ruling the country. Have we victimised any Muslim gentleman working in industry or service? Have we dismissed them?
Asserting that the government never victimised Muslims, Ravi Shankar Pasad mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortlisted a Muslim tea garden labourer Anwar-ul-Haq in Jalpaiguri, Karimul, for his exemplary work.
“Anwar-ul-Haq converted his motorcycle into an ambulance and helps sick people to rush them to hospitals,” the minister added.
The Union Law & Justice minister also took pin-pointed Left leaders and journalists who spread hatred against the prime minister and the government.
“We have a problem with some of our friends. Mostly, the Leftist friends and journalists who entertain a pathological hatred against Narendra Modi. Good luck to them,” Prasad said.
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