New Delhi, June 30: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday held Sangh Pariwar responsible for rising crimes against individuals who don't chant Jai Shri Ram. Owaisi said that these types of incident aren't going to stop and only Muslims and Dalits were being targetted. Pehlu Khan Chargesheeted: Asaduddin Owaisi Hits Out at 'Double-Faced' Congress, Ashok Gehlot Blames BJP-Era Probe.

"People are being beaten up if they do not raise slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Vande Mataram. Such incidents aren't going to stop. Only Muslims and Dalits are being targeted. There are organisations behind such incidents and all of them are linked to Sangh Parivar," Asaduddin Owaisi told news agency ANI. 'Jai Shri Ram', 'Vande Matram' Slogans Raised as Asaduddin Owaisi, Shafiqur Rahman Take Oath as MPs.

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This development comes days after Tabrez Ansari was thrashed to death by a mob in Jharkhand for alleged theft and was forced to chant Jai Hanuman and Jai Shri Ram. Earlier, AIMIM chief said that lynchings were not going to stop as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS have increased their hate against the minority community.

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