HYDERABAD: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday sought to remind Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath that the fundamental right to life, includes for Muslims too.

Owaisi said India should be governed according to the constitution, with rule of law and not sentiments of majority or minority which will lead to anarchy. “Fundamental Right to Life under Article 21 is for human beings (which includes Muslims also). Hope you understand,” Asaduddin Owaisi said in a tweeted to Yogi Adityanath.

The Hyderabad MP was responding to what the Uttar Pradesh chief minister had said in a news report. “We'll provide protection to everyone, but it's the responsibility of every individual, every community and every religion to respect each other sentiments. Humans are important & cows are also important. Both have their own roles in nature. Everyone should be protected,” Yogi Adityanath was quoted saying in the news report which Asaduddin Owaisi referred to.

Yogi Adityanath had also talked about lynchings. “These incidents are given unnecessary importance. If you talk about mob lynching , what was 1984? Law & order is a matter of state. Congress' intention to make mountain out of a molehill won't be successful,” Yogi Adityanath had said.

Asaduddin Owaisi also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for criticism. “If Modi really wants to honor his promise that the constitution is India’s holy book, then he needs to stop the cow from becoming a cloak for the cowardice of men who hate their fellow citizens,” he said.

