New Delhi, April 18 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday hit out at Jharkhand Minister Hafizul Hassan over his controversial "Shariat first, then Constitution," remark and called him a "serial offender".

In a hard-hitting response, the BJP leader told ANI, "Hafizul Hassan is a serial offender. A week ago, he said that for him, Sharia is above the Constitution. Now, he says, 'You have disturbed the Muslims by bringing the Waqf Amendment Act. We will come out on the streets and beat people up. Muslims have patience, but they are not in the grave.' A person who says such things, are they the protectors of the Constitution, are they the destroyers of the Constitution?" he told ANI.

He also alleg...