New Delhi, July 11 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders lashed out at All India Imam Association President Maulana Sajid Rashidi over his remarks on the marriage of girls under 18 years of age, asserting that India is governed by the Constitution and not by Sharia.

Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly and BJP leader Babulal Marandi said that those unwilling to live according to the Indian Constitution should leave the country.

"Those who said that Hindus and Muslims cannot live together demanded Pakistan and the partition of India happened, and those people went to Pakistan. I think if he (Maulana Sajid Rashidi) has a problem living here according to the Indian Constitution, then such people should go to Pakistan, and t...