BJP MP roasted for declaring ‘anything with domes is a mosque’

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By Bellie Thomas

November 15, 2022

At a book launch on 13 November, BJP MP Pratap Simha declared that all structures “that have one big dome flanked by two smaller domes are mosques”.

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Referring to a bus shelter with three domes he said, “I have given four days for the engineers to clear those, or else I am going to bulldoze it myself.”

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While the audience applauded his dig at mosques and the minority community as a whole, Opposition party leaders and citizens severely criticised his statement.

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Citizens tweeted images of the Mysore Palace, Supreme Court, and Vidhana Soudha, asking if Simha would like to bulldoze them as well.

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Another social media user posted: “I think they also feel threatened by umbrellas, thinking they’re mini travel-friendly mosques.”

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Yet another netizen was practical: “First build bus shelters and stop talking such nonsense.”

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Meanwhile, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah said that BJP indulges in such issues to disturb communal harmony.

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He appealed to Simha’s common sense, stating that government money has been spent on the construction; it is not Simha’s place to ask for it’s demolition.

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