New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Amid controversy over a Muslim cleric’s inflammatory comment, ‘I know how to kill’, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Sunday remarked that such a statement is a result of “historical mistakes” made at the time of India’s partition.

“I keep saying again and again, Maulvis, from the start, have been trying to make India a Muslim nation. Wherever their population has increased, social harmony has been disturbed. People like Tauqeer Raza and Owaisi, but the mistakes were made by our predecessors,” Union Textiles Minister Singh said during a media interaction.

“If, in 1947, Muslims had been sent to Pakistan and Hindus brought here, we would not be in this sorry state today. No maulvi would have said ‘I know how to die; I also know how to kill’…,” the Union Minister adde

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