Media Is Communalising The Issue, Tablighi Jamaat Can’t Be Blamed For Coronavirus : Asduddin Owaisi

Mumbai: Defending the Tablighi Jamaat, which blamed for forming the congregation despite the government banning any public meeting, Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said that a section of media is giving the raging coronavirus crisis a “communal” angle.

Speaking to ANI over the phone, Owaisi said, “I condemn that Muslims are being blamed for the situation in the country. There is no religion of disease or plague, but some special media outlets who blindly defend the government, the BJP and the Prime Minister, have given coronavirus a religion.”

“No country is linking it to religion, but some media outlets here are doing it shamelessly. Why did they not close Parliament, which was functioning till March 13? The government has not given answers to so many people who were left like that on roads, the migrants were suffering but they were not concerned about it,” he said.

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“In Telangana, about six people have died, and the chief minister himself has told that he participated in the Tablighi Jamaat program. All those who participate in Nizamuddin Markaz are cooperating with the government in Telangana as well as Andhra Pradesh. We are constantly in touch and they are cooperating with the government,” the Hyderabad MP said.

He added, “People should understand that the program in Markaz Nizamuddin was held from 13 to 15 March, the fact that on 13 March the Health Minister said that coronavirus is not a fear for health. On 19 March the Prime Minister spoke about social distancing. by then, all major religious events had continued infamous temples, and now everything is being accused of Nizamin Markaz. ”

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“COVID-19 started in China. In Italy, a football match was held there from where it spread. About 4,000 to 5,000 people were affected but they didn’t blame the football match. Am I the one who blamed Should go? I condemn it. The AIMIM chief said that the media is linking it to religion, Corona is a pandemic, it is a plague.

(With ANI Inputs) 

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