KOZHIKODE: Shashi Tharoor MP criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his statement that those indulging in arson can be identified by their clothes. His statement is anti-Muslim and it is very bad to make such statements sitting in that honourable post, Tharoor said this in an interview to a private channel.

Amit Shah is scared to implement NRC after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act has intensified and protests will be more strengthened. Meantime, the absence of Rahul Gandhi will not affect the strike and leaders like Priyanka Gandhi are in the forefront, he said. Modi made the controversial statement during the election rally in Jharkhand.