Azam Khan has done it again. The controversial Uttar Pradesh minister on Wednesday said he is ready to leave India if any other country gave him shelter.

"Agar mujhe koi desh panaah dene ko tayaar ho, to maim sah-parivaar Hindustan chhodne ko tayyar hun. Yeh soch kar ki kyun meri wajah se desh ka nuqsaan ho? (If some other country offers me a shelter, I am willing to leave Hindustan with my family. Why should the nation suffer because of me?," the Samajwadi Party leader said.

Khan was referring to the controversy over a group of Valmikis in Rampur reportedly converting to Islam to prevent the demolition of their houses. The right-wing groups in Uttar Pradesh have accused the SP leader of instigating the Valmikis to convert.

"The circumstances being created suggest that difficult days are ahead for the Muslim community," Khan said in Rampur, his stronghold.