While talking about Bilkis Bano while campaigning in poll-bound Gujarat All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi got emotional talking about Bilkis Bano. Against premature release of 11 men sentenced to life in 2008 for her gang-rape and murder of seven family members Bilkis Bano recently moved the Supreme Court.
“We are humans after all and are prone to get emotional. While I was talking about Bilkis Bano, thoughts of my own sister and daughter crossed to my mind,” Owaisi told news agency ANI.
“She was pregnant when she was raped and her mother and daughter were also killed. However, even after 20 years, she is still fighting for justice. If someone doesn’t feel the pain, he is not worthy of being called human.”
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When asked why the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Bilkis Bano case had received so much attention again during the campaign for the Assembly elections, Owaisi responded, “The BJP will never forget 2002. At the time, PM Modi served as chief minister. Bilkis Bano, Ehsaan Jafri, and the victims of the bakery were among those he was unable to save. In the state, almost 50,000 people were compelled to flee. With a medical team, I also travelled there. So, kudos to PM Modi if he is referencing all that occurred at the time”.
AIMIM ran candidates for 14 Assembly seats, but none of them ran for Bapunagar.
Talking about his party’s prospects in the polls, the AIMIM chief said, “We are fighting for 13 seats in Vidhan Sabha and our focus is on winning them. We have worked very hard, visited every locality and have got a great response from the public. I hope that this support turns into votes and our candidates become MLAs.”
On Monday, second and final phase of Gujarat assembly election 2022 will be held. Results will be declared on December 8.
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