SP sacks Farooqi for his remarks on Bhatkal arrest
6 Sep 2013 11:16 PM GMT
Samajwadi Party on Thursday sacked Kamal Farooqi as its secretary in the wake of his controversial remarks that Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was arrested as he was a Muslim.
SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday shot off a letter to Farooqi informing him that party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has removed him as secretary of the SP National Executive with immediate effect.
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Farooqi had said Bhatkal may have been arrested because he was a Muslim. He had later apologised for his remark stating that his comments were misunderstood.
Farooqi’s remarks had kicked up a controversy when he asked whether it is based on the grounds of crime or religion.
SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav on Thursday shot off a letter to Farooqi informing him that party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has removed him as secretary of the SP National Executive with immediate effect.
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Farooqi had said Bhatkal may have been arrested because he was a Muslim. He had later apologised for his remark stating that his comments were misunderstood.
Farooqi’s remarks had kicked up a controversy when he asked whether it is based on the grounds of crime or religion.
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