Muslims don’t vote for me also, says BJP's MP Giriraj Singh, backs JD(U) MP Devesh Chandra Thakur

PATNA: A day after JD(U)'s Sitamarhi MP Devesh Chandra Thakur said he would not do any work for Yadavs and Muslims as they did not vote for him in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, Union minister and BJP's Begusarai MP Giriraj Singh supported Thakur saying that Muslims don't vote for him either. Singh's statement has drawn flak from Opposition's Grand Alliance.
"The pains expressed by Thakur are right. Why such narrowness in casting votes?" asked Giriraj, talking to the media in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday. "Muslims don't vote for me either. I am also not in favour of working for them. While the NDA never discriminated against them, they have gone out of the way to defeat our candidates," Giriraj, considered a firebrand BJP leader, said. He alleged a conspiracy had been hatched at a high-level to "weaken the Sanatan dharma".
Giriraj, who was inducted as a minister in Narendra Modi cabinet for the third consecutive term, also posted on X the clippings of news reports regarding his statement backing Thakur, published in various vernacular dailies. The minister represents Begusarai LS seat in Lok Sabha.
Opposition Grand Alliance on Wednesday hit out at Singh for such remarks. "Giriraj says a particular community has not been voting for him and his party. Are they bonded workers to vote for him? A man holds the right to vote for any party as per his or her will, they can't be forced to vote for any party or leader," state RJD spokesperson Shakti Singh Yadav said on Wednesday.
Congress legislator party leader in Bihar assembly Shakeel Ahmed also slammed Giriraj for his remarks. "What's the point in talking about those who are against the spirit of the Constitution? They are speaking a language which doesn't suit our Constitution," Ahmed said.