NEW DELHI: BJP on Friday slammed the recent controversial remarks made by AIMIM’s Waris Pathan and said it sounded eerily like the ‘ Direct Action Day ’ call given by Muslim League on August 16, 1946. The party also questioned the silence of Congress’ Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said, “I feel afraid today because of the fact that I am reminded of a date, August 16, 1946, when Muslim League in undivided India had given a call of Direct Action Day.”He further said, “Today, we have Owaisi and his party almost akin to Muslim League, giving a call of something like Direct Action Day.” The Muslim League had given a call for Direct Action Day and it led to four days of massive Hindu-Muslim riots in Calcutta, resulting in the death of an estimated 10,000 people.BJP also said the “so-called liberals” have been unmasked as “they carry the Constitution in their hands and have Waris Pathan in their hearts”.