When Cong loses power it becomes big brother of Muslims: Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi held the Congress party responsible for Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill being passed in the Lok Sabha. He said that the bill has crossed all limits of time for police detention. According to the Bill, the police could keep a suspect under custody for 6 months, which is more than the US and UK.

New Delhi: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday blamed Congress for bringing the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, saying the party becomes big brother of Muslims when it is in Opposition and bigger than BJP when it is in power.

Speaking on the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha, Owaisi said that, "He has been a victim of this act and that Congress would realise what they have done only if their leader spends several months in prison."

Dedicating his speech to what he called innocent who have suffered due to this law, Owaisi said: "I blame Congress party for bringing this law. They are the main culprits. When they are in power they are bigger than BJP, when they lose power they become the big brother of Muslims."

Stating that this bill is against the rule of law, Owaisi said there should be no tolerance towards a miscarriage of justice.

He went on to say, "Under this law India has created a world record in the time period of police detention, as on the basis of suspicion one can be kept under police custody up to six months, while in the United Kingdom it is just 28 days and in the US it is 2 days."