"No place for extremism," says Bihar Deputy CM over JDU leader's "Karbala" remarks

Days after Gulam Rasool Balyavi triggered a political row with his remark that Muslims will turn cities into Karbala if there are comments made against Prophet Muhammad, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has said that there is no place for "extremism" in the state." He also said that as deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav has said, "we should discuss important issues rather than discussing useless matters." Balyavi a member of the chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) made the remarks while addressing a gathering in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh on Thursday.Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader wanted to retain power and chose to remain oblivious of what his party men were upto "This is the new India where the son of a village labourer has reached here.

Nitish Kumar is the helpless Chief Minister of Bihar.Speaking to ANI today, Balyavi said "I admit that I said we will turn (cities) into Karbala and I stand by it.