AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said mob lynchings were a legacy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He said Modi would be remembered in Indian history for moblynching as the highest number of incidents occurred during his tenure.
“These incidents will haunt Modi forever because as thePrime Minister he could not stop them,” the All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) chief told the media.
Owaisi, who is seeking re-election from the Hyderabad LokSabha constituency for a fourth consecutive term, condemned the Assam incidentin which a Muslim man was allegedly assaulted and forced to eat pork.
“What could be worse than this? In a state where thereis no ban on cow slaughter and people eat beef, 68-year-old Shoukat Ali wasbadly beaten and forced to eat pork,” he said.
Owaisi said he was appealing to people to see thehelplessness of the man in the video. He said those assaulting him knew theywill be protected as their own party was in power. “Such elements wereemboldened after Modi became the Prime Minister,” he said.
Owaisi urged people to vote for those who speak for theweak, marginalized and deprived.
“Modi does not speak for all. He is the chowkidar of thosewho believe in RSS ideology. Give vote to those who don’t feel they are biggerthan India.”