Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Zia ur Rehman Barq, took a swipe at the distribution of the 'Saugat-e-Modi' kit, saying the gesture would have held more significance if all communities were treated equally and Constitutional rights remained intact.
"Yogi Adityanath is communal. He wants to demolish mosques to build temples. We want to oppose leaders like Yogi Adityanath. This statement is incorrect. What happened in Sambhal? Didn't a riot break out there recently?" said Saugata Roy.
A purported video of Balyavi's speech at the Karbala Maidan in Barhi block of Jharkhand's Hazaribagh in which he said that Muslims will turn cities into Karbala (Har shehar ko Karbala bana denge) has gone viral on social media.