Samajwadi Party leader Abu Asim Azmi on Monday strongly condemned the lathi charge on Muslims protesting against alleged insults to their faith in the Ahilyanagar, accusing the Maharashtra government of fostering communal discord.

“It means that you can insult Muslims as much as you want… Even if a Muslim protests, he is lathi-charged. So I believe there is no longer any such thing as law. I am repeatedly telling CM Devendra Fadnavis that if there is any insulting statement against anyone’s religion, then you should bring a law so that the person is punished. The government itself wants such things to happen. I condemn this,” he said.

He urged the Chief Minister to prioritise legislative action over investigations, saying, “The Chief Minister should conduct the inquiry later; first, he s

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