India News | Availability of Graveyards, Cremation Grounds Should Be as Per Community Population:Sakshi Maharaj

Unnao (UP), Oct 26 (PTI) In yet another statement that may stoke a controversy, BJP's Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj has said the availability of graveyards and cremation grounds should be in proportion to the population of communities living in an area.

Addressing a nukkad meeting for his party's candidate for the Bagarmau assembly bypolls, Sakshi Maharaj said, "If there is only one Muslim in a village, the graveyard is very big. You people, on the other hand, cremate your dead on the side of a farm or Gangaji. Is this not unfair?"

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"Graveyards and cremation grounds should be as per population," The Unnao MP said.

There should not be any test of "our patience and decency", he added.

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