All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi criticised the release, welcoming and garlanding of those who were convicted in the Bilkis Bano rape case and wondered whether the lack of protests over the issue is due to the fact that she belongs to the minority community.
Mr Owaisi was speaking at a public meeting in Mahabubnagar on Saturday night where he said, “Nobody is raising their voice in India and coming out on the streets to protest. What happened to this spirit? Is it because her name is Bilkis? Remember, God forbid, that this can happen with anybody.”
He said that the release of the convicts has sent a wrong message to women of the country, saying that they comprise 50% of its population.
