The Lok Sabha MP also slammed the survey of madrasas being undertaken in Uttar Pradesh and questioned the silence of Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav. Owaisi also alleged that wherever there is a BJP government in the country, it feels like Muslims are 'living in an open jail'.

We have to respond to violence with unity, political power and by strengthening democracy and rule of law,' he said and advised Muslims not to get demoralised. Our time will also come but we will not reply with 'zulm'. He alleged that those drunk with power had become oppressors and reminded them that power is not permanent. 'If this was how the punishment is given, shut down the courts and remove police,' he said. He said that the accused should have been dealt with as per law and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak on the incident. But a Muslim is not respected,' the Hyderabad MP said. Is it Indian democracy? Is it Indian secularism? Is it rule of law? There is respect for a roadside dog. 'They are being beaten on roads with lathis. Addressing a public meeting in Telangana's Hyderabad, Owaisi said that a stray dog has 'respect' in India but not Muslims. New Delhi: Days after some cops were caught on camera publicly flogging a few Muslim community members accused of hurling stones at Garba dance participants in Gujarat's Kheda district, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday (October 8, 2022), slammed the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and asked if it is the Indian democracy and the Indian secularism.

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