The BJP won all 17 mayoral seats in Uttar Pradesh but the margin of victory was the lowest in Moradabad, where BJP’s Vinod Agarwal won by a meagre margin of 3,643 votes.
Rizvi recently filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding removal of 26 verses from the Quran
BAREILLY: Ditched by family, ostracized by his community and censured by a string of senior BJP leaders and those from other political parties, former chairperson of Shia Waqf board Waseem Rizvi is increasingly finding himself isolated and hated, with just a bunch of policemen around him.
He is under Y -category security and in an undisclosed location. This came after Rizvi recently filed a petition in the Supreme Court demanding removal of 26 verses from the Quran,
Old Lucknow’s iconic Bara Imambara hosted a massive protest in which people and religious heads from both Sunni and Shia sects took part and announced ostracism of Rizvi from the Muslim community.
LUCKNOW: After former chairperson of the UP Shia Central Waqf Board Waseem Rizvi raised a storm amid various sections of Muslims across the world with his petition in Supreme Court demanding its intervention for removal of 26 verses in the Quran pertaining to alleged ‘violent nature’, he has gathered various forms of reactions.
While clerics from both Shia and Sunni sects are demanding his arrest and a street protest is planned in Lucknow on Sunday, Rizvi has also been receiving threats from various quarters.
On Saturday, ex-chairperson Moradabad Bar Association, advocate Haji Amirul Hasan Jafri, announced a reward of Rs 11 lakh to the one who executes Rizvi. The person who cuts off Rizvi’s head will get this prize money,” he said. After his move to file this PIL in SC has triggered a storm, Rizvi has switched off his phone and has limited his outings to minimal even with his already provided Y+ security cover. “I have informed authorities but haven’t made a complaint