New Delhi, January 30: After a gunman, who has been identified as Ram Bhagat Gopal Sharma, opened fired at Anti-CAA protesters near New Delhi's Jamia Millia University, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday, January 30, challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "identify him by his clothes". Delhi: Man Opens Fire At Anti-CAA Protesters Saying 'Yeh Lo Azaadi' Near Jamia Millia Islamia University, One Injured; Watch Video.

His comments were a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark in which he targeted Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protesters and claimed that "you can easily make out who is spreading violence by the clothes they wear". Jamia Firing: Shooter Rambhakt Gopal Went Live on Facebook Before Attacking Anti-CAA Demonstrators.

The AIMIM leader also lashed out at Union Minister Anurag Thakur who recently egged on the crowd to raise a slogan "traitors should be shot" during Delhi Elections campaign. "Thanks to @ianuragthakur & all the 9 PM nationalists who have created so much hatred in this country that a terrorist shoots a student while cops watch. Hi @PMOIndia identify him by his clothes," Owaisi tweeted.

Asaduddin Owaisi Tweet:

"It happened today, when we were remembering terrorist Godse’s murder of Gandhi. When students were going to march to mark the event. Such cowardice does not scare us. The protests will go on. This is now Godse v. Gandhi’s, Ambedkar’s & Nehru’s India. It’s easy to pick a side," he added.

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Last Month during an election rally in Jharkhand's Dumka, PM Modi hit out at opposition parties for allegedly instigating violence over CAA. "You can easily make out who is spreading violence by the clothes they wear," he had said.

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