In wake of the Dadri incident and defacing of the Jammu & Kashmir MlA in Delhi, Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan alleged that Muslims are being targeted over beef controversy.
Soon after the Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday, Azam Khan said Muslims are being targeted in the name of beef. “What do we do and where do we goIJ Muslims are weak and they are being punished,” he said while replying to a query by reporters about ink attack on Independent J&K MlA Sheikh Abdul Rashid by a right-wing outfit in Delhi on Monday. He added, “Only one thing is left that we should write Muslims on the map of India and smear black ink on it.”
Raking yet another controversy, Azam Khan said if eating beef was a crime then the punishment given to Jammu & Kashmir MlA Rashid, should also be meted out to Justice (retd) Markandey Katju and author Shobha De. Khan said in that case half of the Indian population should be punished. On Monday, Rashid was the target of fringe Hindu outfit Hindu Sena which threw ink and mobil oil on him at the Press Club in Delhi protesting against the beef party he held in Srinagar earlier this month. Known for his penchant for courting controversy Azam Khan on Monday had demanded from the President for imposition of Emergency in the country as the nation was fast heading towards anarchy.
Earlier, he had taken the Dadri incident to UNO by writing to secretary general Ban Ki Moon saying Muslims were being targeted in India. He had also asked for the demolition of the five-star hotels in the same manner the Babri mosque was demolished if they serve beef.