Owaisi slams on the Centre over the recent Delhi riots in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: In a scathing attack on the Centre in Lok Sabha over the recent Delhi riots, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said there is a “tsunami of Hindutva hate” and called for an impartial probe to find the perpetrators of the violence.

Some of his remarks evoked sharp response from the Treasury Benches, with at least two Union Ministers — Ravi Shankar Prasad and Kishan Reddy — registering



their protest.

Speaker Om Birla also expunged certain remarks made by Owaisi. Participating in a discussion in Lok Sabha on the Delhi violence, he urged Hindus to “save the soul” of the country and claimed that around 1,100 Muslims are under illegal detention. Owaisi said calling it communal riots would be a joke and alleged that what happened was a “pre-planned pogrom”.