Bengaluru: A young woman, identified as Amulya, was whisked away from the dais on Thursday, for shouting “Pakistan zindabad” at an anti-CAA rally here, police said.
“Amaulya, a student activist, was taken off the dais and detained for shouting ‘Pakistan zindabad’ at the rally in Freedom Park in the presence of AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi and leaders of different faiths,” a police official said here.
The sudden incident, which embarrassed Owaisi and the rally organizers – Hindu-Muslim-Sikh-Issai Federation, occurred when Amulya was called on the dais to address the gathering in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) under the banner of “Save Our Constitution”.
“When Owaisi and others tried to stop Amulya from shouting the pro-Pakistan slogan, she started chanting ‘Hindustan zindabad’. Our personnel who were at the rally for providing security, took her off the dais to control the situation even as she insisted on speaking,” the police officer recalled.
Owaisi, President of the All-India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and its 4-time Lok Sabha member from the Hyderabad constituency, condemned the activist for taking the liberty to shout pro-Pakistan slogan and told the organizers to stop her from speaking.
“When Amulya resisted the organizers from addressing the gathering, our policewomen had to forcibly escort from the stage and detain her in a corner,” the police official added.
Regretting the incident and denouncing the activist, Owaisi said in Hindi-Urdu that he and his party were against such slogans as they are for India and proud of being Indians.
“We do not agree with the activist shouting such slogans. The organizers should not have invited her to the rally. If I knew this, I would not have come and we don’t have any link with her. We are for India and don’t support our enemy nation Pakistan. Our drive is to save India and our Constitution,” asserted Owaisi.