Dignity of Muslims lower than road canine in BJP-ruled states: Asaddudin Owaisi on Gujarat flogging

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaddudin Owaisi on Saturday stated that the dignity of Muslims is lower than road canine in states dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Owaisi made the assertion whereas referring to the general public flogging of Muslim males in Gujarat earlier this week.

On the evening of October 3, in Undhela village of Gujarat’s Kheda district, a bunch of Muslim males allegedly attacked a garba web site close to a mosque. The following day, the Muslims allegedly concerned within the incident had been dragged out in public, tied to a pole and flogged by the police whereas a crowd cheered them on. Videos of the flogging confirmed the boys being requested to apologise to the general public.

During an occasion in Hyderabad on Saturday night, the Lok Sabha MP from town alleged that Muslims dwelling in BJP-ruled states are in an open jail.

“What happened in Gujarat?” Owaisi requested. “Muslims were tied to a pole and beaten by sticks in public on the allegation of stone-pelting at a garba event. The crowd of people is cheering such flogging of Muslims and disrespecting the community. Is this our respect? Are our lives worth this? Speak up India’s prime minister, you come from Gujarat, you were the chief minister of the state.”

Owaisi additionally stated that if that is the which means of justice, the nation ought to shut down courts and dismiss legislation enforcement businesses.

According to Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya, the sarpanch of the village had organised a garba occasion on a floor that was near each a temple and a mosque. When Muslims objected, Gadhiya stated, the sarpanch stated the operate would finish in 45 minutes or so. “But they did not agree,” Gadhiya alleged, including that stones had been then hurled on the garba attendees.

Thirteen individuals have been arrested for rioting, illegal meeting and try and homicide within the case. Meanwhile, the police are investigating the flogging of the Muslim males.

On Saturday, Owaisi additionally responded to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s claims that there’s a religion-based inhabitants imbalance in India.

During the Vijayadashmi speech close to the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on October 5, Bhagwat had referred to as for a “comprehensive population control policy” that applies equally to everybody.

He had claimed that inhabitants imbalance results in modifications in geographical boundaries, including that the variations in fertility fee, non secular conversions by power and infiltration are additionally huge causes behind it.

However, Owaisi stated that the Total Fertility Rate or TFR has seen a decline in India. The fertility fee of Muslims, the Hyderabad MP added, has witnessed a sharpest drop.

“The population of Muslims is not increasing, instead it is declining,” Owaisi stated. “The spacing between children is also increasing among Muslims. Who is using condoms the most? We are. Mohan Bhagwat won’t speak about this.”