In an explosive statement which may snowball into a major controversy, Maviya Ali, Deoband Nagar Palika Chairman, has said that leaders like Sakshi Maharaj and Sadhvi Prachi should be eliminated for their divisive statements.

"Leaders like Sakshi Maharaj are trying to vitiate the atmosphere in the country. They are justifying the lynching of a human being in Dadri because he allegedly killed a cow. Sakshi Maharaj is dangerous for the country. He should be eliminated to protect the nation", said Ali, who is a Samajwadi Party (SP) supported chairman of Deoband Nagar Palika in Saharanpur district. "Sadhvi Prachi is a terrorist. I believe that she should be finished", he further said.

He made the statement while speaking to newspersons in Deoband on Sunday.

Ali also took a dig at Union Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma and dared to ban cow slaughter in five states of northeast where it was not prohibited.

"Why doesn't the Centre drop a bomb in those states?" he asked the minister.

He also claimed that the killing of Mohammad Ikhlaq was a terrorist activity and the culprits should be hanged.

"Yakub Menon was hanged for his involvement in terrorist activities. Dadri incident is also a terrorist activity. All the killers of Ikhlaq should be given capital punishment", he added.