“Don't be much secular. Muslims are too secular and they should become communal. They are not communal and do not vote for themselves. Arvind Kejriwal is ours. Muslims have remained secular for long...have voted for the Congress and helped them win. Don't be so secular and look at your house (community) this time.
“Other parties have their votebank intact and Muslim votes split. This is a controversial statement, but we should look at our own interest,” Ilmi had said in a video that surfaced yesterday.
The party, however, has distanced itself from the remarks made by her.
“All our representatives should be careful in their choice of words so that there is no scope for misinterpretation,” the AAP said in a message posted on its Twitter handle.
