Flaying Shiv Sena leader's remarks on voting rights of Muslims, two prominent Muslim bodies in Mumbai today said that such statements will create differences between Hindus and Muslims and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify his stand on the issue.

Spokesman of Shia Personal Law Board Maulana Yasoob Abbas said that it was right that political parties were using Muslims as vote bank, but revoking voting rights was not a solution.

"The edit written by Sanjay Raut smells of killing people to cure the disease," Abbas said.

He alleged that there were ill-intentions behind such a statement and as Shiv Sena was an ally of BJP-led NDA government, the Prime Minister should clear his stand.

"Such statements divide the country. The Constitution has given right to vote as the citizen of the country and talking about revoking the right will be injustice. It will create differences between Hindu and Muslim. It is unfortunate that ally of the PM is making such statements," Abbas said.

The Shiv Sena had stoked a controversy over its demand that voting rights of Muslims should be revoked as the community has often been used to play vote bank politics.

The Sena also compared All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul- Muslimeen (MIM) and Owaisi brothers with "poisonous snakes" who spew venom to "exploit" the minority community.