Owaisi asks PM Modi to condemn "targetted violence", demolition drive in Nuh in I-Day speech

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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday expressed hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would condemn the demolition drive in Haryana's Nuh and the alleged targetted violence, during his Independence Day speech in the national capital on August 15. Addressing reporters here, Owaisi said on one hand bulldozers were being used against Muslims and on the other his house in Delhi has come under attack. «The Prime Minister should condemn demolition in Nuh.

If PM Modi has some love for Indian Muslims then I expect him to condemn the targetted violence from the Red Fort tomorrow. We expect the Prime Minister to condemn the way one religion is being targetted, the violence and be it violence in Nuh,» the Hyderabad MP said. According to him, «collective punishment» was given to one community through demolition of structures owned by its members.

«We condemn the violence, but you are giving collective punishment to one community,» Owaisi said and sought to know «where has Prime Minister's 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' gone? Referring to the demolition drive in different states, the AIMIM chief said bulldozer was used in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. »Are there courts or laws in this country? Will due process be followed or not?" he asked. This is violation of Supreme Court order in the Jahangirpuri case where it said due process (of law) should be followed, he recalled.