Samajwadi politician Shafiqur Rahman Barq calls for house for Namaz in new Parliament

On Tuesday (December 19), Samajwadi social gathering MP Shafiqar Rahman Barq courted controversy after he demanded designated house to supply Namaz within the new Parliament constructing.

While chatting with the media, the 93-year-old politician stated, “Naye Sansad mein Namaz ke liye bhi jagah honi chahiye (There ought to be an area for providing Namaz within the new Parliament). “

“There is no space to offer Namaz in this new Parliament building as well. There should have been space for prayer for Muslims in the new building at least to do ‘Allah Allah’ at the time of Namaz. But they have spread hate against Muslims. Do you think they will provide space for us?” Rahman was heard saying.

नए संसद भवन में विशेष सत्र से पहले समाजवादी पार्टी सांसद शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क बोले- ‘नई संसद में होनी चाहिए थी नमाज की जगह’। #oldparliamenthouse #NewParliamentHome #ParliamentSpecialSession #ShafiqurRehmanBarq #SamajwadiOccasion pic.twitter.com/QKjCaTEhEz

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The improvement got here on the primary day of the proceedings of the Parliament within the new constructing. This isn’t the primary time that the Samajwadi politician has made contentious remarks in public.

In February this 12 months, he asserted that India has by no means been and would by no means be a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and claimed that Islam is the one true faith.

In October 2022, Shafiqur Rahman Barq went on a misgynistic rant and claimed that allowed ladies to stroll and not using a burqa in public would solely improve wildness and promiscuity in males. He had additionally asserted that chanting Vande Mataram was towards the tenets of Islam.

The Samajwadi social gathering chief was earlier booked for hailing Taliban and evaluating the unconventional Islamist outfit to Indian freedom fighters. He was additionally booked in conenction to violent protests towards the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh.