Bareilly, Sept. 15 -- All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ) president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi has criticised Jagadguru Rambhadracharya for referring to Western Uttar Pradesh as 'mini Pakistan', calling it a "baseless claim" and saying that the spiritual leader is "misleading hindus" by giving false figures on alleged migration in various parts of the state.

"He (Jagadguru Rambhadracharya) is making baseless claims, there is no foundation to this. Also, such spiritual leaders should not take the name of our enemy country - Pakistan. They are our neighbours, but enemies, so there is no need for him to mention that name," the Jamaat president told ANI on Monday.

Referring to claims of migration in Sambhal, Muzaffarnagar and Meerut, the...