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By PTI - NEW DELHI
03rd January 2013 07:02 PM
As controversy raged over the 'hate speech' of MIM MLA from Andhra Pradesh Akbaruddin Owaisi, Congress today advocated "strictest possible steps" against those doing politics of hate.
"Law will take its own course. If any person whether he is a politician or otherwise tries to spread hatred in the country and do politics of hatred, then strictest possible action should be taken against them.
"I am sure the Andhra Pradesh government will take action," party spokesperson Rashid Alvi told reporters here.
Reacting strongly to Owaisi's speech, BJP earlier today demanded his immediate arrest and slammed the Centre's "deafening silence" on the issue.
In a statement, former Finance Minister and BJP MP Yashwant Sinha described the speech as "pure poison" and "objectionable in the extreme".
Akbaruddin, brother of MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, is MLA from Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.
He had allegedly used inflammatory and derogatory language against a particular community in a public speech at Adilabad last week.
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Comments(4)
if stern action is not taken, then we must prepare for another partition and riots. Ambedkar insisted on exchange of population at the time of partion. muslims in India must go to Pakistan and Hindus from Pakistan, must come back to India. Rajendra Prasad insisted that if there is no exchange of population, muslims must be disfranchised. Gandhiji vetoed both Ambedkar and Rajendra Prasad. And now we are praying the price. Ambedkar maintained that hindus and muslims can never co-exist and the ethnic cleansing of hindus in Kashmir and Owassi's speech, prove the point.
Posted by n mohan at 01/03/2013 21:01 Reply to this Report abuse
I dont believe dr ambedkars statement of the co existence of hindus and muslims.ambedkar struggled for the upliftment of his community.He never saw hindus as one entity.there will be politicians like varun and modi in every community.people as a whole exercise caution
Posted by abdulcader at 01/03/2013 23:32 Reply to this Report abuse
Ambedkar's writings are available in 7 volumes published by the Maharashtra govt. Abdulcader can go through the same to know Ambedkar's views. Muslims are also not a single entity. Shia-Sunny clashes has become a daily occurrence.
Posted by n mohan at 01/04/2013 11:42 Reply to this Report abuse
where was this Indian when hindus were massacred and ethnic cleansed in Kashmir? What the Indian has to say about the genocide of hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh. Bangladesh human rights commission has admitted that 35 million hindus could not be accounted for
Posted by n mohan at 01/04/2013 11:44 Reply to this Report abuse