AIMIM Chief Owaisi On West Bengal Poll Violence Deaths: “Innocent Muslims Are Just Sacrificial Lambs”

Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, said that the violence during the West Bengal panchayat election turned innocent Muslims into “sacrificial lambs.”

After hearing about the deaths of 15 Muslims on election day, Owaisi posted on Twitter, saying, “These are the toxic fruits of opportunist’secularism’. Muslims who are innocent are only being sacrificed while the BJP and TMC compete for political power’s financial rewards.

On July 10, when claims of vote box manipulation and reports of the deaths of 15 persons surfaced, the West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) ordered revoting in over 700 booths across 19 districts in the state.

There hasn’t been any significant violence recorded in any of the booths where there will be new voting on Monday.

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Abu Salem, a member of the Trinamool Congress party, was discovered dead close to the West Gabtala voting place, which is located in the vicinity of the Kultali police station. His head was reportedly injured, according to reports.

Azhar Lashkar, another TMC employee hurt during Saturday night fighting in the Basanti neighborhood, passed away at Kolkata’s publicly funded SSKM Hospital.

An alleged altercation between TMC and Congress party members resulted in the stabbing of TMC member Motiur Rahman at a voting place in Malda district’s Baishannagar. According to reports, Rahman passed away from his wounds on route to the Malda Medical College and Hospital.

12 fatalities were recorded in the violence that erupted in the state during the elections as of Saturday night. Eight of them belonged to the government’s TMC, while the BJP, CPI(M), and Congress each had one supporter.

The state’s various political parties have asserted that the actual death toll is greater than the reported one, supposedly 18 instead of 15. TMC reported the deaths of nine party members, while Congress reported the deaths of three party members, the Bharatiya Janata Party reported the deaths of two party members, and the Communist Party (Marxist) reported the deaths of two party members. It was impossible to determine the political allegiance of the two dead.

The district magistrates (DMs) have reportedly been asked to provide in-depth reports on the fatalities by the State Election Commission (SEC).An official told PTI, “We have asked the DMs to file reports on the deaths within 24 hours.”