SP MLA Booked For Promoting Enmity

Bijnor: Former state minister and Samajwadi Party MLA Mehboob Ali has said that the growing Muslim population would lead to the BJP’s exit from power in Uttar Pradesh in the 2027 Assembly polls.

The “inflammatory remarks” by the 72-year-old sixth-time MLA from Amroha at a party event here on Sunday prompted the local police to lodge an FIR against him as well as SP’s district unit president Sheikh Zakir Hussain.

The FIR was lodged following a complaint by a police sub-inspector. A video clip of Ali’s speech has been doing the rounds on social media. Speaking at the programme, Ali emphasised that the demographic shift would favour the SP, saying,

“The Muslim population has increased to such an extent that by 2027, the BJP will have to go, and the Samajwadi Party will come to power.” Drawing a parallel between the BJP and the Mughal empire, he said, “If the Mughals, who ruled for over 800 years are no longer around, what makes you think the BJP will last?”