Modi’s hands are soaked in blood, says Azam Khan in UP

A sizeable crowd was getting restless waiting for Samjawadi Party’s fire brand Muslim leader Azam Khan’s arrival at 4:20 pm on Tuesday, just 40 minutes before the scheduled end of campaigning. They were waiting since 11 am for what was to be the last speech before polling on 10 April. Suddenly there was a flurry of activity, multiple people got off the dais as the sound of blaring sirens drew closer and Khan arrived at the venue. He briskly walked on to the podium, and asked some leaders to get off the dais or vacate the front rows so that the audience from all sides in an open field had a clear view of him. 

Over 90 percent of his audience were from the Muslim community. Khan didn't waste more than two minutes to come to the point and hit out at opponents in a speech that could either be classified as a hate or impassioned speech, depending on which side of the political divide you stand. It's more a speech meant to rouse a community than an election speech.

Modi the darinda (demon) and Amit Shah the Mahagunda (the biggest goon) were the figures around whom 80 percent of his speech was centred. The remainder of it was used to launch a blistering attack on Nehru-Gandhi family and the national media, particularly the news channels. This was Khan’s first visit to the Muzaffarnagar riot affected areas. He had been the minister-in charge of this region when the riots took place. "The media asks me why I didn't visit Muzaffarnagar after the riots? 

There are seven notices of the apex court on fictitious accusations against me that are pending. If I am not cleared of these charges, I will be finished because these are Supreme Court notices, for which which there is no other appellate authority. Muzaffarnagar lives in my heart and my soul lives in there,” he said. Shamli, one of the worst affected areas by the riots, lies in the Kairana parliamentary constituency. BJP's UP legislative party leader and MLA from the region, Hukum Singh, whose name figured in the initial list of accused in riots, is the BJP candidate. Pitted against him are two Muslim candidates from the same family, Kanwar Hasan from the BSP and Nahid Munnawar Hasan from the SP...

Source: Lok Sabha Elections 2014

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