We are Muslims first, Indians later: SP MLA Mavia Ali
Samajwadi Party legislator Mavia Ali on Monday said [w]e are Muslims first and Indians later. "If anything interferes with Islam, whether it is Constitution or law, we are with Islam," Ali further said. He stated that Muslims will not follow UP government's order to sing National Anthem and hoist the Tricolour on Independence Day in all state madrassas.