Bengaluru, Jun 20: Noted Urdu poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar today sought immediate arrest of Karnataka cleric Tanveer Peera Hashim for his controversial remark that cows would be slaughtered during Bakrid, saying the comment was "irresponsible and outrageous."
"Secularism doesn't mean ignoring or tolerating minority communalism. This irresponsible and outrageous cleric Tanveer Hashim should immediately be arrested for trying to create communal tension in Bengaluru," Akhtar tweeted.
The cleric kicked up a controversy with his remarks made in the presence of state minister Shivanand Patil during his sermons on the occasion of Ramzan prayer at Vijayapura in north Karnataka a few days ago.
The remarks sparked a row as cow slaughter is banned in Karnataka.
Tanveer Hashim is the head of Hashim Pir Dargah at Vijayapura, a popular Muslim shrine.
The video of his purported remarks has gone viral.
The minister chose to remain quiet after Hashim made the controversial remarks.
"Let me bring to your notice, in two months time there will be Bakrid. In the name of cow, this satan (devil) will do a mischief. I am telling you (the minister) this beforehand so as to ensure that with the cow another sacrifice does not happen," Hashim said in his speech in Urdu.
Condemning Hashim's remark, BJP Spokesperson S Prakash told PTI that it is a "pragmatic counter remark" made by Akhtar and the coalition JD(S)-Congress government should wake up and book a case against the cleric immediately.
The government has a very partisan attitude towards communal speeches made by minority clerics or people, he alleged.
Prakash also questioned the "double standards" of the JD(S)-Congress coalition government, asking why it should have different yardsticks for party MLA and former union minister Basavaraj Patil Yatnal and Hashim.
"Both JD(S) and Congress call themselves secularists. Why are they silent? When the government can book a case against Basavaraj Patil Yatnal, why not the cleric? Why this double standard? It is certainly questionable," he said.
RSS ideologue Ratan Sharda said he does not expect any action from the Congress when in the past they haven't been able to stop Mani Shankar Aiyar from making controversial remarks.
"When they could not stop Mani Shankar Aiyar from making useless comments, so how can we expect them to take action against the minister (Patil) and the cleric? They will never do it," he said.
The cleric's remarks came days after a purported video of Yatnal asking corporators to work only for Hindus, who voted for him, and not for Muslims, went viral on social media.
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Hello; Javed, who r u to talk about Muslim community; U r the agent of Anti Social group; or u r with the group of Terrorists to act against Muslims, if u r holding with muslim name or another, u will be throne to garbage. U r not condeming the words or open statement or actions agaist one community; what will not happening in North Indian states, now u r coming to south to bark.
What javeed said is 100% true, Cleric Sheera wil say this kind of wrong msg and poor uneducated muslims will do as per his instructiions and later get killed or suffer under the police hands or injury for clerics wrong msges..... cleric sheera will rest inside his house without any problem. its the Poor always suffers in the hand of this kind of people..... The cleric and the rich are always safe and secure inside their cofort zone .......
Javed Akhtar wake up only want to give speech against Muslims hence make happy to BJP and RSS.
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