Lucknow, Oct. 28 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday lambasted the "bring 10 Muslim girls and get a job" remarks made by former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raghavendra Pratap Singh, terming them a form of "hate speech" and an attempt to incite communal and caste-based hatred in Uttar Pradesh and other states.

Referring to what she described as a "poisonous and violent game" by mischievous elements, Mayawati alleged that certain "criminal and anti-social elements" were taking the law into their own hands under the guise of opposing religious conversion and so-called "love jihad".

"The narrow-minded and hateful statement of 'bring a Muslim girl, get a job', along with the mis...