MALAPPURAM: NDA Malappuram candidate M Abdul Salam, the lone Muslim candidate from the BJP in fray, defended the party’s decision to expel BJP’s Minority Morcha Bikaner district president Usman Ghani, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks at an election rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara last week that snowballed into a controversy. As for Modi’s speech, Salam said it was an …