'Muslims are too secular,' says AAP's Shazia Ilmi in video

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Lok Sabha Election 2014.

In a video posted on YouTube, Shazia Ilmi, a top leader of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is seen urging Muslim leaders, 'I'm saying Muslims are very secular. Muslims need to be communal. A Muslim isn't communal - doesn't vote for his own. Arvind Kejriwal is one of you. You are too ...don't be this secular. Look after your own homes (interests).' NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the video.

On its Twitter account, Ms Ilmi's party clarified, 'AAP does not believe in this kind of politics nor does it endorse it.'

Ms Ilmi told NDTV that her comments were 'a play of words.' She said, 'I was making fun of this word 'secularism' which is used all the time. I said Muslims never think of themselves, they have become political slaves to a party.'

The BJP now plans to complain against Ms Ilmi's remarks to the Election Commission. 'Shazia Ilmi must give an explanation,' said BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

In recent weeks, the national election has seen politicians using religion to court voters and making remarks designed to polarize votes, with the powerful Election Commission reacting swiftly. Azam Khan, a minister in Uttar Pradesh, has been banned from campaigning after a hate speech. Similar action was taken against the BJP's Amit Shah; after an assurance tha.

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    In a video posted on YouTube, Shazia Ilmi, a top leader of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is seen urging Muslim leaders, 'I'm saying Muslims are very secular. Muslims need to be communal. A Muslim isn't communal - doesn't vote for his own. Arvind Kejriwal is one of you. You are too ...don't be this secular. Look after your own homes (interests).' NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the video.

    On its Twitter account, Ms Ilmi's party clarified, 'AAP does not believe in this kind of politics nor does it endorse it.'

    Ms Ilmi told NDTV that her comments were 'a play of words.' She said, 'I was making fun of this word 'secularism' which is used all the time. I said Muslims never think of themselves, they have become political slaves to a party.'

    The BJP now plans to complain against Ms Ilmi's remarks to the Election Commission. 'Shazia Ilmi must give an explanation,' said BJP spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.

    In recent weeks, the national election has seen politicians using religion to court voters and making remarks designed to polarize votes, with the powerful Election Commission reacting swiftly. Azam Khan, a minister in Uttar Pradesh, has been banned from campaigning after a hate speech. Similar action was taken against the BJP's Amit Shah; after an assurance tha

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    In a video posted on YouTube, Shazia Ilmi, a top leader of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is seen urging Muslim leaders, 'I'm saying Muslims are very secular. Muslims need to be communal. A Muslim isn't communal - doesn't vote for his own. Arvind Kejriwal is one of you. You are too ...don't be this secular. Look after your own homes (interests).'


    On its twitter account, Ms Ilmi's party clarified, 'AAP does not believe in this kind of politics nor does it endorse it.'

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    In the video, which surfaced on Tuesday, AAP leader Shazia Ilmi said that Muslims' votes split as they were 'too secular' and they 'should become communal' and vote keeping in mind 'our own interest'.

    'Don't be much secular. Muslims are too secular and they should become communal. They are not communal and do not vote for themselves. Arvind Kejriwal is ours. Muslims have remained secular for long...have voted for the Congress and helped them win. Don't be so secular and look at your house (community) this time.

    'Other parties have their votebank intact and Muslim votes split. This is a controversial statement, but we should look at our own interest,' Ilmi, AAP candidate from Ghaziabad, said in the video, in which she is having a conversation with members of the Muslim community.

    The Arvind Kejriwal-headed Aam Aadmi party(AAP) ticked Ilmi off and distanced itself from the controversial remarks, saying it does not endorse her views. However, Ilmi stood by her comments, which, she said is 'play of words'.

    The AAP said it does not believe in this kind of politics nor does it endorse it.

    'All our representatives should be careful in their choice of words so that there is no scope for misinterpretation,'

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    'Muslims are very secular. Muslims ought to be more communal. (They) do not vote for their own. (AAP leader) Arvind Kejriwal is your own. I say, it is enough of secularism,' Ilmi, who contested the Lok Sabha polls from Ghaziabad earlier in the month, is seen saying in the video.

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    In a video posted on YouTube, Shazia Ilmi, a top leader of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is seen urging Muslim leaders, 'I'm saying Muslims are very secular. Muslims need to be communal. A Muslim isn't communal - doesn't vote for his own. Arvind Kejriwal is one of you. You are too secular - sometimes you vote for the Congress, sometimes for others. Don't be this secular. Look after your own homes (interests). This may be a very controversial thing to say but it is essential..'

    NDTV cannot verify the authenticity of the video. On its twitter account, Ms Ilmi's party said, 'AAP does not believe in this kind of politics nor does it endorse it... All our representatives should be careful in their choice of words so that there is no scope for misinterpretation.'

    In recent weeks, the national election has seen politicians using religion to court voters and making remarks designed to polarize votes, with the powerful Election Commission reacting swiftly. Azam Khan, a minister in Uttar Pradesh, was banned from campaigning after a hate speech. Similar action was taken against the BJP's Amit Shah; after an assurance that he would not make hate comments, the ban on him was lifted last week. Mr Shah is a top aide of Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate. (Also read: Modi aide Amit Shah talks about controversial 'revenge')

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