Second 'Hate Speech' Video By BJP MLA Emerges Amid Uttar Pradesh Election
NDTV
On Monday Raghvendra Singh, a BJP MLA from east UP's Siddharthnagar, was heard saying Muslims would switch from skull caps to 'tilak' if he were re-elected
Four days after a BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh, which is in the midst of an Assembly election, faced a police case over a hate speech littered with anti-Muslims slurs, a video of a similarly offensive speech by another MLA from the ruling party has been widely shared on social media.
Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh, the MLA from Amethi's Tiloi (which is about 150 km from Lucknow), was filmed using shocking language against Muslims during a campaign speech in the area.
Singh is a three-time MLA; two victories were with the BJP and the third with the Samajwadi Party.
"If Hindus in Hindustan wake up the beard will be pulled and made into a choti (a tightened braid). If you have to live in Hindustan you have to say 'Radhe Radhe', else, like those who went to Pakistan during the partition, you can go too... you have no use here," he can be heard saying in the video.
