AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The mayor of a city in India’s Uttar Pradesh state called for a law to preventing Muslims and Hindus from buying one another’s properties.
Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey on July 18 demanded the Uttar Pradesh Government to bring a rule so that no person from Muslim community can buy a house belonging to Hindus and vice versa.
“I will also demand from my government, that no Muslim could buy the house/property of a Hindu and no Hindu could buy the house of a Muslim,” said Pandey after reaching Munshi Purva locality in the city as locals complained about encroachment on a temple premises by a Muslim family.
She could also be purportedly heard saying, “Hindus think they [Muslims] are giving more money, so sell them their [Hindus] houses”.
After Pandey got elected as Mayor, she started restoring 125 temples that were in bad shape.
Pandey claimed, “We found many of these temples have been encroached. We are not against them [Muslims]. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also talks about ‘Sabka Saath’, but we are angry with their behavior/mentality as they throw waste, dirt in temples”.
Observers say the anti-Muslim sentiments have flared in India since the ruling BJP came to power in 2014 but the last few years have been more vicious as the extremist groups have resorted to social media as a tool to demonize the Muslim community.
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