Owaisi says Shraddha murder case is not about ‘love jihad’; blames BJP for giving it ‘religious angle’

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on November 24 said that the horrific Shraddha Walkar murder case is not about ‘love jihad’ but a case of exploitation and abuse against women. He blamed the Bharatiya Jantiya Party (BJP) for giving the brutal murder case a ‘religious angle’.

"BJP politics over this is completely wrong. It's not an issue of love jihad but of exploitation and abuse against a woman and that is how it should be viewed and condemned," Owaisi said.

Recalling the Azamgarh incident, where a man murdered his wife and kept her in a suitcase, the AIMIM chief said that such incidents are saddening, should not be politicised and given a Hindu-Muslim angle.

Owaisi also took a dig at Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for giving the tragic incident a religious angle while campaigning for MCD elections in Delhi.

On November 20, CM Sarma called for the Uniform Civil Code and a law against 'love jihad'. "India does not need a person like Aaftab (Shraddha murder case accused) but a person like Lord Ram, a leader like Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.

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Reacting to a question about his party's participation in the Gujarat assembly polls, the AIMIM chief said that his party trusts the people and the constitution of the country, and their fight will strengthen Indian democracy.

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