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Govt distances from UP BJP chief's controversial remarks

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Disagreeing with the reported statement of Uttar Pradesh BJP president Laxmikant Bajpayi on Muslims, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said rape and terror has no religion.

"Certainly, if at all he said this, I do not agree with him. Rape has no religion. Terror has no religion. They are crimes and they should be curbed," he told the Headlines Today.

Bajpayi had created a controversy by accusing men belonging to a community for raping women belonging to another community as they belonged to a particular religion.

Asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi also disagrees with such statements, Naidu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister, said government disagrees with it.
 

"Naturally. I am saying government, Prime Minister is the head of the government. But you would not expect the Prime Minister to react on each and every issue," he added.

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First Published: Sep 09 2014 | 10:35 PM IST

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