LUCKNOW, March 30 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday criticised the BJP-led government over its directive to shut meat shops near temples during Navratri. He demanded that liquor shops and non-vegetarian restaurants near religious sites also be closed if the rule is to be enforced uniformly.

"If the state government can ban meat sales within 500 metres of religious places, why not shut liquor shops too?" Singh said while addressing media persons.

On the issue of the Waqf Bill, Singh warned that the Modi government would collapse if it attempted to introduce it in Parliament. He claimed that BJP's allies, including Chandrababu Naidu, Chirag Paswan, and Jayant Chaudhary, had threatened to withdraw su...