Lashing out at Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah for his controversial remarks against Azamgarh, BSP chief Mayawati on Monday said Gujarat can be termed as a “base of communalism” by the same parameter and demanded that the Election Commission ban his entry in Uttar Pradesh.
Ms. Mayawati said that if Mr. Shah’s parameter was considered to be right, there was nothing wrong if Gujarat was called as the “centre of communalism”.
The BSP leader told reporters that, “Such a statement violating mode code of conduct could vitiate law and order in Azamgarh and eastern UP. Gujarat can also be termed as a base of communalism and crime. I demand EC again ban Shah in Uttar Pradesh.”
“As far as Shah’s remarks are concerned I will like to say that if some persons of Azamgarh district have done anything wrong whether Hindu or Muslim, it does not mean that the people of the entire society are terrorists,” Ms. Mayawati said.
Mr. Shah landed in a controversy by dubbing Azamgarh as the “base of terrorists”, drawing sharp reaction from ruling SP, which demanded that Election Commission should take cognisance immediately and act against him.
