The JD(U) MLC Khalid Anwar's defense of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb has sparked a political storm in Bihar, with BJP legislator Hari Bhushan Thakur calling for Anwar's expulsion from the House and for him to be sent to 'Pakistan or Syria'. Anwar's comments came after he defended SP MLA Abu Asim Azmi, who was suspended from the Maharashtra assembly for praising Aurangzeb. The BJP legislator demanded the MLC's disqualification and the renaming of places associated with Aurangzeb and Bakhtiyar Khilji in Bihar.