{"id":41371,"date":"2025-10-29T18:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppnewsline.in\/?p=41371"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:22:46","slug":"uproar-in-assembly-over-bjp-mlas-remarks-alleging-religious-bias-in-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ppnewsline.in\/?p=41371","title":{"rendered":"Uproar in Assembly over BJP MLA\u2019s remarks alleging religious bias in development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>PP NEWS LINE DESK<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Srinagar, Oct 29 : The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday witnessed uproarious scenes following remarks by BJP MLA Shagun Parihar, who claimed that a road project in her constituency is repeatedly being dropped because Hindus reside there.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">During the Zero Hour, the MLA from Kishtwar alleged that the road project from Chattar to Oli is being excluded due to the presence of a Hindu nationalist population in the area. \u201cIt is a Hindu-populated area. People with nationalist views live there. That is the reason why the road project keeps getting dropped,\u201d she claimed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Her remarks evoked protests from the treasury benches, with some members questioning the BJP legislator, asking whether Muslims are not nationalists.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThere is no bigger nationalist than us. We have borne the brunt of militancy. We have lost 80000 people for the nation. We have rendered sacrifices for the nation,\u201d NC\u2019s Nazir Gurezi shouted.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Amid din in the House, the Congress legislators, Irfan Hafiz Lone and Iftikhar Ahmad, accused the BJP legislator of playing communal politics.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Minister for Rural Development Department Javed Dar BJP legislator of giving communal spin to the issue.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Minister for Rural Development &amp; Panchayati Raj, Javaid Dar, accused the BJP legislator of giving a communal spin to the issue.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cShe should not speak like that. She should withdraw her remarks. These statements should not be recorded,\u201d Dar demanded, as BJP legislators stood up in support of Shagun.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Intervening in the matter, Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary said that Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir are as nationalist as Hindus.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSimilarly, Sikhs and Christians are also nationalists,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PP NEWS LINE DESK Srinagar, Oct 29 : The Legislative Assembly on Wednesday witnessed uproarious scenes following remarks by BJP MLA Shagun Parihar, who claimed that a road project in her constituency is repeatedly being dropped because Hindus reside there. 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