Gather bottles, arrows to deal with mob attacks: Sakshi Maharaj

Lucknow: BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has urged people to gather drinks, bottles and arrows to deal with a mob attack if one of such happens. Writing a post on social media, he said that they should be prepared because police would not save them, IANS reported.

The MP from Unnao wrote on Facebook, "If this crowd comes suddenly to your street, neighbourhood or house, there is a remedy for it... For such guests, every house should have one or two boxes of cold drinks and some arrows. Jai Shri Ram."

In the post, he had added an image of a mob charging down a street armed with sticks.

"The police will not come to save you but will instead hide to save themselves. After these people do 'jihad' and leave, the police will come with lathis and form an investigation committee after everything is over," he wrote.

Maharaj's problematic post comes from the backdrop of communal clashes in Jahangirpuri in Delhi, which happened on April 16. Already, there were controversial posts, comments etc., flooding the virtual world in the aftermath of the violence. During Ram Navami, there were many communal clashes reported in different states.

Sakshi Maharaj often makes headlines with his controversial statements.