Hate Speech trouble for MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi

The hate speech stigma continues to haunt the AIMIM president and MP of Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi.

In a repeat of 2014 when he was banned from entering Aurangabad during general elections of 2014, Asaduddin Owaisi has now been banned from entering Bengaluru city.

The Bengaluru Police has imposed prohibitory orders banning Asaduddin Owaisi from entering Bengaluru city. Bengaluru Police Commissioner M N Reddi also banned him from participating or speaking at any public meeting directly or through audio-visual or any other media in Bengaluru City for a period of seven days from February 19 to 25.

In a prohibitory order, Police Commissioner M N Reddi quoted the provocative and inflammatory speeches of Asaduddin Owaisi to which he is inclined to have sufficiently grave consequences for public order.

Quoting regulations, the City police commissioner said that there is every likelihood of disturbance of public tranquility and communal harmony in Bengaluru city if the speech by Asaduddin Owaisi is not prevented.

Defending the ex-parte order under the provision of Section 144(2) Cr.PC banning Owiaisi entry in Bengaluru, he said that the MIM leader was touring various places across the country to participate in various activities of the AIMIM party though he is a resident of Hyderabad, and non-residential addressee of Bengaluru City.