A video of a cabinet minister Vijay Shah isgoing viral in social media for his highly objectionable statement in connection with recent conflict with Pakistan. Though he lauded prime minister Narendra Modi for teaching a befitting lesson to the neighbouring enemy country but said that the way the terrorists have have made out sisters widow by brutally killing their husbands in Meshram , Pahalgam , Kashmir on 22 nd April wiping their Sindurs , prime minister Narendra Modi has sent their support sister to Pakistan to allegedly kill them in the same manner thus avenging this suitably taking the Badla. This statement went viral in social media and the name of Colonel Sofia Qureshi is being associated with it. The politics become hot up thereafter. While the minister was speaking these words in full strength to convince and impress those present, the local MP and union minister Savitri Thakur and MLA Usha Thakur were also present.
Madhya Pradesh Cabinet minister Vijay Shah while lauding prime minister Narendra Modi for the retaliation in Pakistan said that they ( terrorists) beat our Hindus by stripping them of their clothes and Modi ji sent their sister to their house to beat them up. Now Modi ji cannot strip them of their clothes so he sent the sister of their community saying that since you have made our sisters widows, the sister of your community will come and strip you naked and leave you.The country’s honour and respect and the marital bliss of our sisters can be avenged by sending the sisters of your caste and community to Pakistan. This can only be done by someone with a 56-inch chest and we are proud that our country’s Prime Minister is Narendra Modi.” said the Madhya Pradesh Cabinet minister creating quite a controversy in social media circles.
The minister Vijay Shah was addressing a meeting in a village of Madhyapradesh.
After his controversial statement Vijay Shah, minister was asked to report at the state party headquarter by the party high command and was taken to task by reprimanding him for his highly objectionable statement especially associating Colonel Sofiya Qureshi with the controversy.
Later on while speaking to news channels including Aaj Tak the minister expressed his regret saying that he can’t even in dreams can’t ever think of speaking anything derogatory about sister Colonel Sofiya Qureshi adding that Sister Sofiya has stood above caste, community and religion and served the nation valiantly safeguarding it by giving tremendous jolt to the dreaded terrorists. I salute her .
The former chief minister of Uttarakhand and the CWC member of Congress Harish Rawat expressed his serious concern over the statement of the Madhya Pradesh minister equating Colonel Sofia with the terrorists as their sister
Rawat wrote on fB post : Colonel_Sophia_Qureshi India’s proud daughter bravely challenged Pakistan and presented the army’s achievements in front of the country and the world, it is a matter of great sadness.
BJP minister in Madhya Pradesh government, Shri Vijay Shah is calling her the sister of terrorists, which is highly condemnable.
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