Terming the incident of lynching of a Muslims in Dadri as an act of cowardice, UP minister Azam Khan launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he must restrain his party cadres.
“Prime Minister, please rein in your cadres. life, politics and posts are not forever but infamy remains forever. You have not been able to wipe out the taints of the post Godhra riots of 2002 that will continue to haunt you all your life it will never be wiped out. Don’t let your party cadres go berserk, where are you taking the country toIJ” he asked. RsAre the muslims being punished for not migrating to Pakistan in 1947, it’s an act of cowardice to attack and kill a week person’’, said Azam Khan. Azam Khan also lashed out at the officials of the district administration of Gautama Buddha nagar for failing to discharge their basic duty of maintaining law and order.
Tension prevailed in Bisara village of Dadri, after a 50-year-person Akhlaq was beaten to death, while his 22-year-old son was severely injured by a mob which barged into their house following rumours that the family has consumed beef. The attack on Akhlaq and his family occurred around10pm on Monday night, after a local temple allegedly announced the family had been consuming beef.
Around 200 persons attacked the residence of Akhlaq on Monday night after rumours spread in the village that a cow has been slaughtered and the beef was stored in his house. The mob allegedly beat Akhlaq to death while his 22-year-old son Danish was critically injured in the attack and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. An FIR has been filed against 10 people for attacking the family, six of whom were arrested.
Azam Khan alleged that the BJP is planning to foment large scale communal riots in UP before the 2017 state assembly elections. Addressing the prime minister as Badshah , Azam Khan said RsRs the PM should first ban the sale of the beef in five star hotels of Delhi, the muslims were never in favour of the cow slaughter or eating beef. It was during the period of the Mughal ruler Babar cow slaughter was totally prohibited in India and after that there was no ban’’. Azam Khan charged that the BJP wants to drive a wedge between the Hindus and the muslims over the issue of beef.
Meanwhile the Samajwadi Party MlA from Kol in Aligarh Zamirullah Khan who is running RsGau Raksha abhiyaan’ (save cow campaign) as part of which members of the community will vow not to slaughter cows or consume beef , issued an appeal asking muslims to refrain from consuming beef. He claimed that several crore people have so far supported his campaign; he is running for the last several months. He said he would soon launch his campaign from Mathura and would also go to Bisara village of Dadri and meet the family of the victim who were killed on Monday.