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"I Believe in an Idea of India Beyond Religion": SY Quraishi Hits Back at Nishikant Dubey's 'Muslim Commissioner' Remark
Former Chief Election Commissioner, SY Quraishi on Monday took a sharp swipe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey for his “Muslim Commissioner” remark. Quraishi asserted that he believes in an idea of India where “an individual is defined by his or her talents and contributions and not by their religious identities.”
"I served on the constitutional post of Election Commissioner to the best of my ability and had a long and fulfilling career in the IAS. I believe in an idea of India where an individual is defined by his or her talents and contributions and not by their religious identities," said Quraishi.
Sharpening his attack on BJP MP Nishikant Dubey he added, "But I guess, for some, religious identities are a staple to forward their hateful politics. India has, is and will always stand up and fight for its constitutional institutions and principles.”
The Godda MP on Sunday attacked the former Chief Election Commissioner, accusing him of communal bias. “You were not an election commissioner, you were a Muslim commissioner. The maximum number of Bangladeshi infiltrators were made voters in Jharkhand's Santhalpargana during your tenure,” said Dubey, responding to Quraishi’s post where he called the Waqf Ammenedmnet Bill 2025 “a blatantly sinister evil plan of the govt to grab Muslim lands.”
Dubey’s remark came a day after his party, BJP, distanced itself from a statement that he made on the functioning of the judiciary and the role of the Chief Justice. “The Bharatiya Janata Party has nothing to do with the statements made by BJP MPs Nishikant Dubey and Dinesh Sharma on the judiciary and the Chief Justice of the country. These are their personal statements, but the BJP neither agrees with such statements nor does it ever support such statements. The BJP completely rejects these statements…I have instructed both of them and everyone else not to make such statements,” said JP Nadda.
