Jitan Ram Manjhi says Masood Azhar ‘saheb’, draws BJP rebuke 

Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Bihar chief minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha chief, on Thursday, triggered a controversy after saying terrorist Masood Azhar “saheb” showing respect. Following this BJP slammed Manjhi. Later on, Manjhi called it a “slip of the tongue” in a statement.

Manjhi was quoted by a news agency saying, “PM does branding of everything which is wrong. Efforts were on to get Masood Azhar ‘saheb’ designated as global terrorist since Manmohan Singh’s time but it was just a coincidence that the decision has been taken now. I think that this is not correct for the BJP or Narendra Modi to take credit for this.”

While pointing out Manjhi’s saying, Bihar senior BJP leader Mangal Pandey tweeted in Hindi saying: “The Congress and its allies have soft corner for terrorists By calling Masood Azhar as Saheb, Jitan Ram Manjhi has proved that. Is it in their political agenda to glorify those who kill innocent people of the country. Please reply Manjhi Saheb.”

जीतन राम मांझी ने मसूद अज़हर को साहब कह कर फिर ये साबित कर दिया है की कांग्रेस और उनके सहयोगी दल आतंकवादियों के प्रति विशेष सम्मान और आदर का भाव रखते है | क्या हमारे देश के मासूम लोगों का खून बहाने वालों का महिमामंडन भी उनके पॉलिटिकल एजेंडा में हैं ? जबाब दीजिये मांझी साहब

— Chowkidar Mangal Pandey (@mangalpandeybjp) May 2, 2019

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