<p class="title">Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it was safer "to be a cow than a Muslim" at many places in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tharoor's remarks comes close on the heels of his "Hindu Pakistan" statement that invited criticism from his political opponents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Why BJP Ministers' claims about reduction in communal violence don't stand up to the facts: It seems safer in many places to be a cow than a Muslim," Tharoor wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also posted the link of his article published on a news portal, which had the "cow-Muslim" remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The remarks also came days after 31-year-old Akbar Khan was lynched by a mob in Rajasthan's Alwar district on suspicion of cow smuggling.</p>
<p class="title">Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it was safer "to be a cow than a Muslim" at many places in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tharoor's remarks comes close on the heels of his "Hindu Pakistan" statement that invited criticism from his political opponents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Why BJP Ministers' claims about reduction in communal violence don't stand up to the facts: It seems safer in many places to be a cow than a Muslim," Tharoor wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also posted the link of his article published on a news portal, which had the "cow-Muslim" remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The remarks also came days after 31-year-old Akbar Khan was lynched by a mob in Rajasthan's Alwar district on suspicion of cow smuggling.</p>