LUCKNOW: Describing Indian Muslims as nationalists, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the terror group ISIS does not find support in the community. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an event organized by the Mahamana Malviya Mission, Singh said efforts of ISIS to enter India have will be suppressed by the government with an iron hand.

“Muslims in India have opposed any attempts by the ISIS to enter India and terrorism must not be associated with any religion,” Rajnath said, talking to reporters after the event that was held at Visveswarya auditorium on Sunday afternoon. The Union home minister’s statement gains significance in light of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq asking the Central government to take steps to check infiltration of ISIS into India.

Earlier, addressing another function organized by officers of the State Bank of India at SBI Officers' Convention, Singh expressed concern over Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and said it was being used to promote terrorism. “FICN is a big problem as fake currency is used to promote terrorism,” he said and asked banks to be alert to the problem. He said India was taking all steps to fight terrorism.

Targeting the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Rajnath said the state government should help the farmers who have faced losses due to inclement weather and must not indulge in blame-game. He rubbished Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi ’s accusation against the Centre of scrapping the food park project in his constituency Amethi.

