New Delhi, November 16: Senior Congress leader and Former Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad raised some serious questions today, asking Indian Muslims to raise their voice against violence on Hindus in Pakistan. Azad said that Hindus in India are vocal when it comes to express secularism, but Indian Muslims don’t speak out against violence on Hindu communities in a country like Pakistan and Bangladesh. Also Read - Major Fire Breaks Out at Company Office in Noida Sec 59, Over 100 Staffers Evacuated

“In last several years, there have been several cases of violence against Muslims, from the lynching of Mohammed Akhlaq in Dadri and hanging of two boys from a tree. But there has never been a lack expression of secularism from Hindus in our country,” Azad said in an interview with India TV. Azad compared secular Hindus with Muslims and gave an example how they (secular Hindus) stripped RSS and BJP whenever there are such incidents of communal attack. “But why we (Muslims) don’t raise issues when there is violence against Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh,” Azad said while addressing Youths at an NGO. Also Read - Amid UNGA Meetings, G4 Nations Demand 'Urgency' in Reform of UN Security Council

Azad a strong opponent of BJP said that if Muslims across India will start speaking out against such acts of violence in Pakistan and Bangladesh then the BJP’s anti-Muslim edge will be blunted. Two more scholars present at the venue also agreed with Azad and underlined the “silence” of the country’s Muslim community in hours of violence in “India’s neighbourhood”. Also Read: Mayawati hits back at Narendra Modi on ‘garlands of notes’ remark Also Read - KKR vs MI Dream11 IPL 2020 Highlights: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah Star as Mumbai Beat Kolkata by 49 Runs

One of the scholars seated next to Azad said, “We hear cases of violence meted out to our Hindu brothers in Bangladesh, or of Hindu temples being razed or desecrated. But, do we (Muslims) speak out on such brazen acts of violations. We must speak out against injustice, just as we expect our majority Hindu brothers to stand by us in India”.

Azad also raised the issue of demonetisation saying that “the move of putting a ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes had driven Indians crazy in the name of black money”. He also took a dig at the media and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, “Now it’s all Modi in newspapers and on TV channels, the Opposition cannot be seen”.