Amid the row over the Uttar Pradesh government's directive to food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display ID cards, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that it reflects the hatred towards Muslims in India. Slamming the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and those in the INDIA bloc, Owaisi said that this "visceral hatred" is due to political parties or leaders of Hindutva and those
parties who call themselves "secular".
"Fear on UP's Kanwar routes: This is The reality of hatred for Indian Muslims, credit for this visceral hatred goes to political parties /leaders of Hindutva and so-called lip servicing Secular parties," Owaisi said in a post on 'X', sharing a photo of an egg stall displaying the name of its owner.