Every person living in India is a Hindu: BJP MP from Bihar
BJP MP from Bihar's Begusarai, Bhola Singh, on Saturday said that every person living in India is a Hindu irrespective of the faith or religion he or she follows. Further, while calling Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath a "warrior", he said that the new UP CM has given voice to the country's rich heritage and culture.
BJP MP from Begusarai, Bhola Singh has stirred a controversy with his comments when he said that every person living in the country is a Hindu, whatever faith or religion they may be following. Singh made this comment in Darbhanga on Saturday."People may be following different faith and religion, but they all are Hindus," said Bhola Singh, BJP MP.The controversial MP further extended support to the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh under the new Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi. The MP said that he was against killing of animals. He also called Uttar Pradesh new chief minister a "warrior"."The step taken by the new govt in Uttar Pradesh is courageous and the new Chief Minister is a "Yoddha". I am in favour of shutting down illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh," said the BJP MP.Singh also said that Yogi Adityanath is a warrior of cultural nationalism in the country and has given voice to the country's rich heritage and culture.Singh had hit national headlines in November 2015, when after BJP's defeat in the Bihar elections, he daid that his party had not lost the elections, but had committed suicide. He also slammed PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for their election strategy which failed in Bihar. He even joined another controversial and fellow MP Shatrughan Sinha in slamming the party for Bihar electoral defeat.