Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani, who was expelled by the party for criticising PM Modi’s hate speech, got arrested by Rajasthan Police in an alleged ‘breach-of-peace’ case.
He will be presented before the sub-divisional magistrate, The Hindu reported.
On Wednesday, Ghani was expelled from the saffron party for six years after he expressed discontent about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Islamophobic remarks.
Narendra Modi, while addressing an election gathering in Rajasthan, has described Muslim minorities in India as “infiltrators” and “those who have more children.”
Ghani condemned PM Modi’s hate speech and said that being a Muslim, he was disappointed at what the Prime Minister said.
He had also alleged that when he “goes to Muslims to seek votes” for the BJP, the community people talk about the kind of remarks made by the PM and “look for answers” from him.
Ghani was the district president of the organisation in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
