Watch: UP BJP MLA Caught On Camera Asking Residents To Not Buy Vegetables From Muslims

A video of the communal remark by BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari has gone viral where he asks people to not buy vegetables from Muslims.

Deoria| A video of Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari has surfaced in which he can be heard telling people to not purchase vegetables from Muslim vendors.

“Keep one thing in mind, I am telling everyone openly, no one should purchase vegetables from Miyas [Muslims],” he is seen telling people, including government officials and a policeman.

Suresh Tiwari, BJP MLA of Barhaj constituency of UP is instructing people to not to buy vegetables from Muslim. pic.twitter.com/D6s9Nzf5P8

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BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari told people in Deoria district not to purchase vegetables from Muslim vendors.
"Keep one thing in mind, I am telling everyone openly, no one should purchase vegetables from Miyas [Muslims]," he is seen telling people, including govt officials. pic.twitter.com/1K8YkSFBez

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Suresh Tiwari is a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Barhaj assembly seat in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.

This comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat called for harmony and asked Indians to not hate against particular communities.

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