The Maharashtra minister has since said that his letter to BMC, seeking a handover of land reclaimed for coastal road project, has been 'misinterpreted'.
Despite its sizable Muslim population, both Hindus and Muslims have lived in harmony in this coastal belt. But for past few years, cracks have appeared and so has tension.
BJP's Nitesh Rane says he was simply comparing 'situation' in Kerala with Pakistan. He had alleged that 'conversion of Hindus has become an everyday thing' in the southern state.
Nitesh Rane has been booked for purported ‘anti-Muslim’ remarks. Party sources say BJP MLA has been assigned role of keeping up a strong pro-Hindutva dialogue and ‘he is doing that’.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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