AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday strongly criticised the controversy in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur over posters reading “I Love Muhammad”, questioning why such expressions of religious devotion should be construed as provocative.

“If there is an ‘I Love Mahadev’ group then what is the problem? What is anti-national here? What sort of violence does this promote? If the word is ‘love’ then why is anyone having a problem? I think we have to play the ‘Mohabbat Zindabad’ song from Mughal-e-Azam for these people. If there can be a ‘Happy Birthday PM Modi’ poster then why can’t there be an ‘I Love Prophet Muhammad’ poster?” Owaisi told reporters in poll-bound Bihar’s Purnea.

What is the ‘I Love Muhammad’ controversy?

The controversy dates back to September 9 when police in Kanpur filed an FI

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