NEW DELHI: India’s election commission on Monday banned a Hindu state chief minister from campaigning for three days after anti-Muslim comments in an election that will end next month. The saffron-clad Yogi Adityanath, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, had been warned this month about his campaign speeches, the election commission said. A BJP spokesman said the party was inclusive towards all communities. “The party believes in all-together development for all, and we don’t believe in any polarization,” spokesman Harish Srivastava said. Last week, BJP president Amit Shah referred to illegal Muslim immigrants as termites and vowed to throw them into the sea.

Source: Pakistan Today April 15, 2019 17:03 UTC