By Express News Service
GUWAHATI: Assam MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal stirred a hornet’s nest together with his remarks that the Hindus ought to marry at a younger age, to allow them to have extra kids just like the Muslims.
“Muslim boys get married at 22 while Muslim girls do it at 18. The Hindus keep one to three illegal wives till the age of 40 years and they do not allow babies to be born. They save money and enjoy,” Ajmal instructed a information channel in Assam’s Karimganj on Friday.
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief continued in the identical vein, “They marry after 40 years when forced by the parents or for other reasons. How can you expect to have more children if you marry at such an age? When you plough a fertile land and on time, you get a good harvest.”
Suggesting that the Hindus undertake the “Muslim formula”, the Dhubri MP stated they need to prepare the wedding of their little kids after they attain the age of 20-22 years and 18-20 years respectively.
In the wake of the protests, Ajmal withdrew his assertion. “If what I said has hurt the sentiments of anybody, I take back my statement,” he instructed journalists on Saturday.
At least two FIRs had been filed in opposition to him in Guwahati and Hailakandi.
Ajmal additionally made some alleged offensive remarks on “love jihad” concentrating on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ruling BJP and opposition events at the moment are going for his jugular.
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“Ajmal is a contemporary edition of the harem culture of the Mughals, the Sultans and the Khiljis. In the medieval era, the Muslim aggressors built harems after killing Hindu men. Ajmal is trying to continue that culture,” BJP Assam spokesman Ranjib Kumar Sarma stated.
BJP MLA Diganta Kalita likened Ajmal to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and stated the Assamese society would by no means settle for the Arabic tradition.
The AIUDF chief made the remarks quickly after the CM had acquired an interim report from the Commission for Review & Assessment of Problems of Satra Land. Satras are Vaishnavite prayer centres and their lands are underneath encroachment.
Kalita discovered a hyperlink between Ajmal’s assertion and the latter’s vote-bank politics. “We all know that the Satra lands have been encroached upon by the migrant Muslims. Ajmal targeted the CM to protect his vote banks,” Kalita stated.
The Congress stated the police ought to suo moto register a case in opposition to Ajmal for his try to interrupt regulation and order.
“I am surprised why organisations, which champion the cause of the Hindus, have not yet filed a case against him. We cannot tolerate such a communal statement that he made to counter our CM’s remarks on love jihad during the Gujarat election campaign,” Congress MLA and chief of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated.
The Trinamool Congress registered its protest by burning Ajmal’s effigy in Guwahati. Calling him an agent of the BJP, the Trinamool demanded his arrest for insulting the Hindus and making an attempt to incite violence.
GUWAHATI: Assam MP Maulana Badruddin Ajmal stirred a hornet’s nest together with his remarks that the Hindus ought to marry at a younger age, to allow them to have extra kids just like the Muslims.
“Muslim boys get married at 22 while Muslim girls do it at 18. The Hindus keep one to three illegal wives till the age of 40 years and they do not allow babies to be born. They save money and enjoy,” Ajmal instructed a information channel in Assam’s Karimganj on Friday.
The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief continued in the identical vein, “They marry after 40 years when forced by the parents or for other reasons. How can you expect to have more children if you marry at such an age? When you plough a fertile land and on time, you get a good harvest.”
Suggesting that the Hindus undertake the “Muslim formula”, the Dhubri MP stated they need to prepare the wedding of their little kids after they attain the age of 20-22 years and 18-20 years respectively.
In the wake of the protests, Ajmal withdrew his assertion. “If what I said has hurt the sentiments of anybody, I take back my statement,” he instructed journalists on Saturday.
At least two FIRs had been filed in opposition to him in Guwahati and Hailakandi.
Ajmal additionally made some alleged offensive remarks on “love jihad” concentrating on Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The ruling BJP and opposition events at the moment are going for his jugular.
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“Ajmal is a contemporary edition of the harem culture of the Mughals, the Sultans and the Khiljis. In the medieval era, the Muslim aggressors built harems after killing Hindu men. Ajmal is trying to continue that culture,” BJP Assam spokesman Ranjib Kumar Sarma stated.
BJP MLA Diganta Kalita likened Ajmal to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and stated the Assamese society would by no means settle for the Arabic tradition.
The AIUDF chief made the remarks quickly after the CM had acquired an interim report from the Commission for Review & Assessment of Problems of Satra Land. Satras are Vaishnavite prayer centres and their lands are underneath encroachment.
Kalita discovered a hyperlink between Ajmal’s assertion and the latter’s vote-bank politics. “We all know that the Satra lands have been encroached upon by the migrant Muslims. Ajmal targeted the CM to protect his vote banks,” Kalita stated.
The Congress stated the police ought to suo moto register a case in opposition to Ajmal for his try to interrupt regulation and order.
“I am surprised why organisations, which champion the cause of the Hindus, have not yet filed a case against him. We cannot tolerate such a communal statement that he made to counter our CM’s remarks on love jihad during the Gujarat election campaign,” Congress MLA and chief of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated.
The Trinamool Congress registered its protest by burning Ajmal’s effigy in Guwahati. Calling him an agent of the BJP, the Trinamool demanded his arrest for insulting the Hindus and making an attempt to incite violence.