Ittihad-e-Millat Council party chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan  |  Photo Credit: Times Now
Lucknow: Ittihad-e-Millat Council party chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan, who had ‘warned Hindus’, has announced to support Congress in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022.
Addressing a press conference alongside UP Congress chief Ajay Lallu, Khan assured full support to the grand old party in the UP elections 2022. Addressing the media, the Ittihad-e-Millat Council party chief said he feels that only Congress can ensure the development of the Muslims.
Earlier, Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan had stoked a huge controversy when he had ‘warned’ Hindus while addressing Muslims in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district.
“I see the anger in the eyes of my youth and I am afraid that one day this anger will burst out. I am afraid that the day I lose control over them, what will happen. My youth is telling me you are getting older, you cannot do anything. But I want to tell them that I will die first than you. I want to tell my Hindu brothers that I am afraid that one day when my youth takes the law into their hands, you won’t find any place to hide in India,” the Maulana had said in the rally.
Congress has announced to contest the UP polls 2022 alone.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra last week released the first list of 125 candidates for the Uttar Pradesh elections.
The grand old party has given a poll ticket to Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act-NRC activist Sadaf Jafar from Lucknow.