Taking part in a television debate the BJP national spokesman Dr. Sambit Patra, jokingly or otherwise, threatened the AIMIM spokesman Syed Asim Waqar that agar Allah se pyar karte ho to baith jao warna… kisi masjid ka nam bhagwan Vishnu ke naam par rakh dunga’. This was while there was a debate on the changing of names of cities etc. in India and when Waqar specifically questioned why the name of Ekana International Stadium is being changed. Patra had even said that the Hindus in India are being oppressed by Muslims.