Uttar Pradesh government has turned the state into a "nursery of terrorism", Union Minister Giriraj Singh today said, alleging that it was not dismissing Azam Khan for fear of losing Muslim votes.
"Akhilesh government has turned the state into a nursery of terrorism...It has the right kind of atmosphere for such people to prosper," the MoS MSME told reporters at Sikanderpur.
To a question on senior Samajwadi Party minister Azam Khan who is in the thick of a controversy over certain comments against Governor Ram Naik in the state Assembly, he said, "He (Khan) is a victim of mental bankruptcy."
"...He raises fingers at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others but his own language and actions are pro-Pakistan...He does not seem to have faith in the Constitution of the country," he said.
"Khan should have been dismissed after he had talked about taking the Dadri lynching issue to the UN but SP government is afraid of him (Khan) for vote bank politics," he said.
To a question on whether BJP will take action against party MP Shatrughan Sinha, who has been issuing statements against the organisation, he said BJP is not an individual based party but an organisation.
"Decision in this regard will be taken at organisational level...Party will act at the right time," he said.
Noting that chanting "Bharat mata ki jai" was a part of every citizen's duty, he said people will "see" to those who desist from raising it.
He alleged that UP government was making merry on central funds.
