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== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
Siddiqui has been in a number of controversies. In the aftermath of the [[2020 Delhi riots|2020 Delhi Riots]] he was heard asking for a "virus" that would "kill 10-50 crore people”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniyal|first=Shoaib|title=Abbas Siddiqui might struggle against TMC – but represents a churn amongst Bengali Muslims|url=https://scroll.in/article/989711/abbas-siddiqui-might-struggle-against-tmc-but-represents-a-churn-amongst-bengali-muslims|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> He referred to [[Member of | Siddiqui has been in a number of controversies. In the aftermath of the [[2020 Delhi riots|2020 Delhi Riots]] he was heard asking for a "virus" that would "kill 10-50 crore people”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniyal|first=Shoaib|title=Abbas Siddiqui might struggle against TMC – but represents a churn amongst Bengali Muslims|url=https://scroll.in/article/989711/abbas-siddiqui-might-struggle-against-tmc-but-represents-a-churn-amongst-bengali-muslims|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> He referred to [[Member of parliament (India)|MP]] [[Nusrat Jahan]] as the “one who earns by showing her body” and that she should be "tied to a tree and beaten up." He has described [[Kolkata|Kolkata's]] Mayor and State urban development minister [[Firhad Hakim]] an "[[infidel]] and [[Apostasy|apostate]]" for participating in the [[Durga Puja]] despite being a Muslim.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explained {{!}} What Does Controversial Cleric Abbas Siddiqui’s Poll Plunge Mean For Bengal?|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/explained-what-does-controversial-cleric-abbas-siddiquis-poll-plunge-mean-for-bengal-6614011.html|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Moneycontrol}}</ref> He has also come out in support of the man who beheaded French school-teacher [[Murder of Samuel Paty|Samuel Paty]]. | ||
In response to these comments; he has replied in an interview<ref>{{Citation|title=মুখোমুখি (১৩.০৩.২১) ভোট কেটে আসলে আপনি বিজেপির সুবিধা করবেন? মুখোমুখি পীরজাদা আব্বাস সিদ্দিকি|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aT6C4FMv2c|language=en|access-date=2021-04-27}}</ref> that these comments should be ignored because “That Abbas was of a different ideology, leave him be.”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniyal|first=Shoaib|title=Abbas Siddiqui might struggle against TMC – but represents a churn amongst Bengali Muslims|url=https://scroll.in/article/989711/abbas-siddiqui-might-struggle-against-tmc-but-represents-a-churn-amongst-bengali-muslims|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> | In response to these comments; he has replied in an interview<ref>{{Citation|title=মুখোমুখি (১৩.০৩.২১) ভোট কেটে আসলে আপনি বিজেপির সুবিধা করবেন? মুখোমুখি পীরজাদা আব্বাস সিদ্দিকি|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aT6C4FMv2c|language=en|access-date=2021-04-27}}</ref> that these comments should be ignored because “That Abbas was of a different ideology, leave him be.”<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniyal|first=Shoaib|title=Abbas Siddiqui might struggle against TMC – but represents a churn amongst Bengali Muslims|url=https://scroll.in/article/989711/abbas-siddiqui-might-struggle-against-tmc-but-represents-a-churn-amongst-bengali-muslims|access-date=2021-04-27|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> | ||