Telangana President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Monday, said that if anyone raises a finger at the party supporters and Hindus in the old city of Hyderabad, “we will cut their hand”.
Kumar said, “Hindus in Old City are in fear. They are worried if they will be alive or not. I visited the whole of Old City recently. I gave the Hindus the assurance that I am with them. I asked them to boldly fight. If one hand rises on a Hindu in the old city, what shall we do in the new city? We will chop off one hand here.”
“Only saffron flags will fly atop Bhagya Lakshmi temple (at Charminar) in Bhagya Nagar. No pink (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) or green (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) or any other colour,” he added.
Kumar made another statement, that Hindus are described as “communal” while Christians and Muslims are called secular. He also slammed the media for not giving enough coverage to the news related to the Hindus, alleging that the “whole media is sold out to the TRS party”.
The media is “pushing our news into inside pages and are highlighting other parties,” Kumar said. “We are devising a strategy to tackle such biased media.”
After his statement a complaint has been filed against Kumar for his “hand-chopping” remark by Amjed Ullah Khan, Spokesperson, Majlis Bachao Tehreek filed a complaint at Dabeerpura Police Station against the BJP leader requesting an immediate action against him for disturbing the peaceful atmosphere of Telangana.
“Being the public representative using such statements which are derogatory in nature, and promoting enmity among one community clearly shows the criminal intention behind this Political Leader, If he is not arrested and put behind the bars, there is a likelihood that other people also will come into their trap to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the state,” Khan said.