BJP leader demands ban on burqa, calls it threat to national security

Raghuraj Singh, who holds the rank equivalent to the minister of state in Uttar Pradesh government, said burkha is a threat to national security and terrorists and miscreants could hide behind it to escape the law.

“The burqa helps terrorists, thieves and anti-social elements to hide behind it,” Singh told the media, a Hindustan Times report said.

“Burqa is a threat to national security and has to be banned to crush terrorism,” Singh added.

He claimed that burqa was banned in countries like China, Sri Lanka, US and Canada and should be disallowed in India too.

According to Singh, demon king Ravana's sister Surpanakha had ran away to Arab desert to hide her face after her nose and ears were chopped off.

the Hindustan Time quoted his saying: “As her nose and ears were chopped, she used a burqa to hide her face.

“In Mecca, a shivalinga was set up by Guru Shukracharya, who was the guru of devils, and from there the burqa tradition started.

“This is Hindustan and it will be run as per traditions of the Hindus. This is our wish."

Earlier, Singh had courted controversy for making provocative remarks like the Aligarh Muslim University students would be buried alive for speaking against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

While BJP has disowned the remarks, Congress and AAP have criticised Singh's statement.