New Delhi, July 9 -- Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's assertion that "minorities get more support and funding than Hindus" has stirred a political storm, drawing strong reactions from both ruling BJP leaders and the opposition.

Reacting to Rijiju's statement, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi defended the government's record on minority welfare.

"In the last 11 years, Narendra Modi's government has ended the atmosphere of communal polarisation and demolished it on the strength of inclusive empowerment. Work has been done to bring happiness in the eyes and prosperity in the life of the needy and the person standing at the last rung of society," he said.

Echoing a similar sentiment, BJP MLA Atu...