WATCH: No one should purchase vegetables from Muslim vendors, says UP BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari

Amid COVID-19 outbreak, Suresh Tiwari BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh asked people in Deoria district not to purchase vegetables from Muslim vendors.

A video of BJP MLA Suresh Tiwari has gone viral on social media in which he can be heared asking people not to purchase vegetables from Muslim vendors. Tiwari who represents the Barhaj constituency is seen telling people, "Keep one thing in mind, I am telling everyone openly, no one should purchase vegetables from miyas Muslims.”

According to a report in The Indian Express, Tiwari said he had made the statement last week during his visit to the office of the Barhaj Nagar Palika. "After hearing complaints that people of a community were selling vegetables after contaminating them with saliva in an attempt to spread coronavirus disease, I advised them not to purchase vegetables from them… After the situation gets normal, then decide what they want,” Suresh Tiwari told Indian Express.