NEW DELHI – In a Stunning Revelation, Indian PM Narendra Modi sought secretdeal with exiled Islamic preacher Zakir Naik.
Islamic scholar Zakir Naik, who has been living in an exile in Malaysia,has claimed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered him a“safe passage to India” in return for his support to New Delhi’s illegalmove of revoking occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s special status.
“The meeting [that] lasted for several hours… he [an Indian official] saidhe wanted me to support the BJP government’s decision of revoking Article370 of the Constitution,” Naik said in a video statement uploaded on*YouTube.*
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The television preacher left India in 2016 after New Delhi accused him ofpromoting hate speech and inciting terrorism. He moved to Malaysia, wherehe has been granted permanent residency.
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The religious scholar said he “flatly” refused the offer, adding that“revoking Article 370 is unconstitutional and is taking away the rights ofKashmiris”.
“I cannot support the act of injustice, neither can betray the people ofKashmir,” he said.
The IOK has been under a lockdown with severe restrictions in place sinceAugust 5 when New Delhi stripped the occupied valley of its autonomy in abid to convert the Muslim majority of the region into a minority.
