Vikram Singh Saini, Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA, says ‘people who feel unsafe in India should be bombed’ 

Vikram Singh Saini.

Vikram Singh Saini, the BJP MLA representing Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, said “people who do not feel safe but threatened in India should be bombed.”

In a a video clip released by the news agency ANI, Saini is heard as saying: “My personal view is that those who say they feel unsafe and threatened in India should be bombed. Give me a ministry and I will bomb all such people, not even one will be spared.”

#WATCH Vikram Saini, BJP MLA from Muzaffarnagar says 'My personal view is that those who say they feel unsafe and threatened in India should be bombed, give me a ministry and I will bomb all such people, not even one will be spared' pic.twitter.com/E9yWNH7MBF

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 4, 2019

Reacting to this, UP’s Congress chief Raj Babbar said, “The chief minister says ‘thok do’ (Hindi slang for ‘kill’), an MLA who aspires to be a minister says will bomb people. He should be arrested and punished. He is speaking like a terrorist and must be probed for terror links.”

However, this is not the first time Vikram Saini has made a statement like this. In 2017, he threatened to break the limbs of those who disrespected cows. Also, media once reported quoting him as saying “due to some irresponsible leaders, Muslims could live in India.”

Muzaffarnagar witnessed widespread communal violence in 2013, a year before the 2014 general election.

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