Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of AIMIM and a member of the Lok Sabha, responded to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) call for a procession in Nuh, Haryana, by alleging that Muslims are the targets of targeted violence and collective punishment through demolition. The violence between two groups that erupted on July 31 in Haryana’s Nuh district resulted in the deaths of six people, including two Home Guards, and Owaisi was reacting to it.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Owaisi further alleged that the government in Haryana is being run by VHP which remained inefficient in stopping the violence.
“The government is run by VHP which has shown inefficiency in stopping the violence. The houses of people who saved the lives of Hindus were demolished. Targeted violence, targeted collective punishment through demolition is being given to the Muslims.”
“There is no difference between VHP and BJP and the arrest made by them is just drama. The country is watching all this.”
Reacting to VHP being adamant about taking out Brij Mandal Shobha Yatra in Nuh, Owaisi questioned “Will you bow down when an organisation threatens the government? The government is involved in the violence”.
The Haryana government had earlier on Monday stopped a number of VHP members from performing a “Jal Abhishek” at the Mahadev Temple in Nuh. High security permitted a small delegation, which included VHP working president Alok Kumar, to offer prayers. Owaisi criticized the accused teacher and questioned why she was not being arrested in response to the Muzaffarnagar slap incident, in which a schoolteacher encouraged students to slap their Muslim classmates.