A ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader allegedly refused to give three Muslim women blankets at an event for blanket distribution among the needy at Karad in Rajasthan’s Tonk after learning about their religious identity, purportedly saying those who “abuse” Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not have the right to get them.
In a video that surfaced on social media on Monday morning, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, a two-time former Parliament member from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, is purportedly heard asking the name of one of the Muslim women who was given a blanket. When she replied, Sukaran Khan, Jaunapuria asked her to return the blanket.
“Those who abuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi do not have any right to these blankets. Please move aside. Leave the blanket there,” Jaunapuria is purportedly heard saying.
Then he is purportedly heard asking the names of two other women, Razia and Zubaida, and refusing to give them blankets and asking them to leave.
Sukaran Khan told reporters, “He was giving blankets to everyone. But suddenly, he asked his staff to ask for our names. We told him our names. He got offended as we are Muslims. He immediately took our blankets back.”
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