MUZAFFARNAGAR: Khatauli BJP MLA

on Friday triggered a controversy by threatening those allegedly raking up an atmosphere of insecurity in the country, saying he will "blast them.”

“Those who feel unsafe in this country are anti-nationals and do not deserve to live (here). Give me a ministry and I will attach bombs on their posteriors and blast them," Saini, who has a penchant for giving such statements, said this on Thursday, while laying the foundation stone for 151-foot-high national flag in UP's Muzaffarnagar.

Later, while clarifying his statement, he said — "I don’t think I have said anything wrong. This is the rural language that I am talking in and is so prevalent in this region."

Saini also attacked the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh where reciting Vande Mataram was no longer mandatory, as per a notification issued earlier this week. "A law should be introduced against such people who are against Vande Mataram and they should be put into the category of anti-nationals,” he added.

However, taking a U-turn after widespread protests against discontinuing Vande Mataram, the Congress-led government on Thursday announced that Vande Mataram would be sung on the first working day of every month in the secretariat with the participation of police band and public and conclude with the national anthem.

Congress leader Raj Babbar slammed Saini for his remark, saying that the BJP leader is speaking like a terrorist and should be probed like one.

"CM says 'thok do' (kill them), MLA who aspires to be minister says will bomb people. He should be arrested and punished. He is speaking like a terrorist, must be probed for terror links," Babbar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

In February last year, he had said at a public function, “Until a law on population control comes into existence, I have told my wife to keep producing more children, although she had told me that two were enough.”

Earlier, he had attacked Christians and celebration of New Year, saying celebrating the New Year was not a Hindu festival, but a “Christian practice” and should be shunned.