India, Feb. 23 -- A ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader allegedly refused to give three Muslim women blankets at an event for blanket distribution among the needy at Karad in Rajasthan's Tonk after learning about their religious identity, purportedly saying those who "abuse" Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not have the right to get them.

In a video that surfaced on social media on Monday morning, Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria, a two-time former Parliament member from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, is purportedly heard asking the name of one of the Muslim women who was given a blanket. When she replied, Sukaran Khan, Jaunapuria asked her to return the blanket.

"Those who abuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi do not have any right to these blankets...