Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi who is a chairman of the National Commission for Minorities said that those who were celebrating Pakistan’s win in the recently concluded Champions Trophy should cross the border or better still, “be deported there”.
He made the statement during an iftar party in Meerut on Tuesday, where he said, “I was asked about people, including those in Kashmir, who celebrated Pakistani win (in the Champions Trophy final). I said these are people whose mind and heart are actually in Pakistan, just their bodies are here, so they too should go there. Or better still, they should be deported across the border.”
Soon after Pakistan’s victory in the Champions Trophy, separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq took to Twitter and wrote, “Fireworks all around, feels like an early Eid here. Better team took the day. Congratulations team #Pakistan. Syed Ali Shah Geelani also congratulated Pakistan team for their victory.
It was last month when Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi was appointed as the chairman of the National Minorities Commission. Earlier, he was a national general secretary of the BJP Minority Morcha.
As per a report in The Indian Express, Rizvi said, “It is unfortunate that some people say things like Pakistani victory has brought ‘Eid before Eid’. It is sad that they live in India, in Hindustan, and say ‘Pakistan zindabad’. As a Hindustani, this pains me a lot. My statement in Meerut came from those sentiments”.
When asked why he is getting involved in who supports whom in a cricket match, Rizvi said, ““I was asked a question. There were three things I could have done. I could have said ‘no comments’, I could have supported those people who live in India but root for Pakistan or I could have criticised it. I did the last because that is my opinion. It is not as if the commission is taking this matter up at any level.”
On June 20, as many as 15 people were arrested in Madhya Pradesh with the charges of sedition as they allegedly shouted pro-Pakistan slogan after Pakistan’s victory in the cricket match. Two people were also arrested mfrom Karnataka for the same reason.
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