Mumbai, January 4: Samajwadi Party Leader in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Rais Shaikh has alleged that doctors of BMC hospitals ask Muslim patients to shave off their beards before performing surgery. The SP leader has also written a letter to BMC Commissioner Ajoy Mehta demanding to stop asking Muslim patients to shave off beard for minor operations. Mumbai: BMC Issues New Guidelines for Redevelopment of Dilapidated Buildings in Metropolis.

According to news agency ANI, BMC Samajwadi Party (SP) councillor Rais Shaikh has alleged that surgeons in the municipal hospitals ask patients to shave their beards even for performing the minor surgeries. Shaikh has also written a letter to BMC Commissioner for the same concern. BMAC Appeals to Muslims Not to React to Inflammatory Remarks on Ram Temple Issue.

Earlier, Shaikh has been in the news after he demanded a designated spot for Muslims to offer namaz at the civic headquarters. In his letter, he alleged that there is no dedicated place in BMC to offer namaz for the Muslim Community. He also said that if a specific spot is allotted to them, then their problem will be solved, or else they have to keep stepping out every few hours.

Shaikh had previously made a similar demand, asking the civic body to distribute 22 items to school children including scarves for Urdu medium schoolgirls. He also courted controversy for his objection against the compulsory 'Surya Namaskar' in BMC schools as “Doing Suryanamaskar was worshipping the Sun, a Hindu god, as the Muslim community only allows the worship of Allah.” Shaikh had also objected singing Vande Mataram.

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