AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's meet with Muslim cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan ahead of Assembly elections strikes controversy

Striking a major controversy, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal met Muslim cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan ahead of the  Assembly Elections in the national capital, according to news reports.

This meeting was held on Friday was two-hours long.

According to news reports, Kejriwal has approached cleric Maulana Tauqeer Rana to campaign for his party for the upcoming Assembly Elections.

Maulana Khan, who is from a prominent family of clerics with a large number of Sunni Muslim followers in Bareilly, also heads a political outfit called the Ittehad-e-Millat Council, which had won a single Assembly seat in UP in last year's elections.

Reports suggest that the Muslim cleric is known for having issued fatwas. The cleric had earlier hit headlines for issuing fatwas and announcing bounty for beheading Bangladeshi controversial author Taslima Nasreen.

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy attacked AAP party and alleged it was working hand-in-glove with the Congress.

Addressing a press conference he said, "Although the AAP talked of corruption it had not pursued any of the cases to logical conclusion."

"They talk about corruption, but do not take any case to its logical conclusion. Did they go to the court (in the Robert Vadra case). They just shoot and scoot," Swamy added.

Another Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta said, "Kejriwal goes and meets a Maulana who speaks a language worse than terrorists. AAP have fallen to this level for votes."