A BJP MLA from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district - about 300 km from state capital Lucknow - has come under severe criticism after he was seen warning people of his constituency in a video about buying vegetables from Muslim vendors amid a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus. "Why make it a big issue?" Suresh Tiwari, the MLA from Deoria's Barhaj constituency, said responding to the those attacking him for his remarks. The incident comes days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke against communalising the pandemic.
