New Delhi: Hitting back at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi for speaking against the death penalty to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sakshi Maharaj said that politics of communalism should be stopped.
"This country is not run by Owasi, he has been found guilty by courts not us. This politics of communalism should be stopped," Sakshi Maharaj said.
He even mocked at opposition parties saying that they are backing a terrorist but demanding action against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. "Congress and these people want to save Yakub and want action against Sushma and others," says the BJP leader.
Firing a fresh salvo, Owaisi has said that Memon is being executed because he is a Muslim. Making the communal attack, he questioned why the assassins of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi haven't been awarded the same punishment.
Addressing a public gathering, Owaisi pointed that two major political parties in Tamil Nadu have been trying to prevent the execution of Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, all convicted in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
"If you are giving death sentence, give it all, don't target religion. This is also terrorism," said the AIMIM chief.
This comes just months after Owaisi had sparked a controversy by questioning Bharat Ratna honour to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, alleging that he had a role in Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya.
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