Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat for releasing, under its remission policy, 11 people who were convicted in the Bilkis Bano case.
Speaking to the media at party headquarters in Darussalam, he said, “We condemn this. The country is watching how the BJP gives only lip service to women’s empowerment and respect for women. But when it comes to Muslim women, they forget them.”
Mr. Owaisi sought to know from the PM whether the release of these convicts is an example of women’s empowerment, a subject the latter touched upon. He also charged the BJP with being biased and said that the party takes decisions that “benefit one community”.
