केंद्रीय मंत्री गिरिराज सिंह ने देवबंद दारुल उलूम को लेकर विवादित बयान दिया है. एक कार्यक्रम में शामिल होने सहारनपुर गए गिरिराज सिंह ने देवबंद को आतंक की गंगोत्री बताया है.
Union minister Giriraj Singh has said Deoband of Uttar Pradesh is a factory producing terrorists and termed it aatankvaad ki Gangotri. Talking to the media in Saharanpur, where the Darul Uloom Deoband is situated, Giriraj said Deoband produces terrorists like Hafiz Saeed. I had once said earlier that Deoband is the Gangotri of terrorists. All most wanted terrorists of the world came from Deoband, including Hafiz Saeed or any of the others, said Giriraj Singh.