NEW DELHI – Zakir Naik rejects Indian PM Narendra Modi’s offer, makes newstunning revelations in his message.
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is living in exile in Malaysia, hasclaimed that the Indian government at the Centre offered to shelve moneylaundering charges against him and give him safe passage in return for hissupport to abrogate Article 370.
In a statement issued by Naik’s team on Saturday, the Islamic preacher saidthat he was approached by a representative of the Indian government whooffered him the deal, which he claims to have refused.
Naik has been in exile in Malaysia since 2016.
Naik made the claim in a video, in which he said that three-and-a-halfmonths ago, “some Indian officials approached me for a private meeting witha representative from the Indian government.”
Naik claimed the representative said that he was following “directinstructions” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Naik said the person claimed that he wanted to remove “misconceptions andmiscommunication” between him and the Indian government and he wanted to”provide me safe passage to India”.
He said the representative wanted him to support the abrogation of Article370 in Kashmir to which he “flatly refused”.
Naik claimed the liaison also told him not to make statements against theBJP government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also referred to theCitizenship (Amendment) Act and criticised “many Muslim leaders” forsupporting the National Register of Citizens.
He alleged that these Muslim leaders may have been “blackmailed,pressurised and forced to support the unjust BJP government or face direconsequences”.
