A 74-year-old BJP leader has been recently caught on camera where he was asking people to not buy any vegetables from Muslim vendors. He was heard speaking in Hindi while saying the following lines: “Keep one thing in mind. I am telling everyone openly. There is no need to buy vegetables from ‘Miyas’ (Muslims).” He is making a reference to the vegetable vendors from the Muslim community.The BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, caught on camera amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, has come under severe criticism. A defiant Suresh Tiwari, an MLA from Deoria, has defended his outrageous comment, saying: “Did I say anything wrong?” The BJP MLA was speaking in his constituency, around 300 km from state capital Lucknow, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke against communalising the pandemic.
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