Centre failed to protect Kashmiri Pandits: Owaisi

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

Hyderabad,
Aug
17:
AIMIM
president
Asaduddin
Owaisi
on
Tuesday
alleged
that
the
Centre-run
administration
failed
to
ensure
the
protection
of
Kashmiri
Pandits
in
the
Valley.

Article
370
was
revoked
saying
that
the
Pandits
would
benefit
and
the
Pandits
are
feeling
unsafe
now
as
the
government
has
failed
to
provide
them
security,
he
claimed.

“There
is
a
BJP-appointed
Lieutenant
Governor
and
the
Centre-run
government.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi’s
administration
runs
there.
They
were
proved
to
be
unsuccessful,”
he
told
reporters
in
Hyderabad
when
asked
about
the
attacks
on
the
Pandits,
according
to
news
agency
PTI.

Slamming
the
release
of
those
convicted
for
rape
and
murder
in
the
Bilkis
Bano
case
of
the
2002
post-Godhra
riots,
Mr
Owaisi
said
PM
Modi
talked
about
women’s
empowerment
in
his
Independence
Day
speech
but
what
example
is
being
given
with
the
release
of
the
convicts.

Arrested
and
released
thrice,
LeT
terrorist
who
targeted
Pandits
in
J&K
finally
killed

“What
example
of
Amrit
Utsav
the
Prime
Minister
is
giving?
There
is
a
BJP
government
in
Gujarat,”
he
said.

Mr
Owaisi,
Lok
Sabha
member
from
Hyderabad,
also
hit
out
at
the
BJP
government
in
Uttar
Pradesh
over
a
‘Tiranga
Yatra’ being
taken
out
reportedly
with
a
photo
of
Nathuram
Godse.

“The
procession
that
was
taken
out
in
support
of
Godse
was
held
under
the
‘chhatr
chhaya’
(protection,
patronage
etc)
of
Yogi
government.
That’s
what
I
am
saying.
Love
for
Godse
in
the
heart
and
name
of
Gandhi
on
the
tongue,”
he
said.