Former chairman of UP Shia Waqf Board Waseem Rizvi was slammed by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday, 16 March, for making a plea to the Supreme Court for removal of some verses of Quran, reported PTI. Hussain said that his party is against those who insult ‘any religious texts’.
The national spokesperson of the BJP, Hussain, said that Rizvi does not have any right to hurt the religious sentiments of the people and should not spoil the atmosphere of the country by indulging in such an act.