New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that poisonous propaganda, hate speech and inflammatory remarks targeting Muslims have become a routine practice of leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

According to Beyond the Time News, the Board’s spokesperson, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, in a strongly-worded statement, condemned the recent anti-Muslim remarks by BJP-affiliated Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the matter. He said that the chief ministers of Assam, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh repeatedly and openly express hatred, prejudice and hostility towards Muslims.

Qasim Rasool Ilyas questioned how a person who takes an oath to uphold the country’s constitution before assuming office as a chief minister can indulge in abusive remarks and issue illegal directives against a particular community. He also urged India’s secular political parties and justice-loving citizens to take serious note of the BJP leaders’ escalating hate campaign.

The Assam Chief Minister, during a speech at an official programme, reportedly urged Hindus to harass the “Miya” (Muslim) community so as to force them into distress and drive them out of the state. He declared that harassing the Miya community and pushing them into economic hardship was a “responsibility.” He also called upon Hindus to file Form No. 7 to get four to five lakh Muslims removed from the electoral rolls.