Video of Asaduddin Owaisi chanting ‘Atiq Ahmed Zindabad’ goes viral: Here is the truth behind it

Days after the assassination of Atiq Ahmed, a video of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hailing the gangster-politician all through a public rally has gone viral on social media.

The video, uploaded on Twitter by in model shopper ‘Befitting Facts’ current the AIMIM chief shouting ‘Atiq Ahmed Zindabad’ sooner than a swarming crowd of his supporters.

“Naara e Takbeer…Allah hu Akbar… Atiq Ahmed Zindabad…Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen Zindabad,” he was heard as saying. The video has sparked indignant reactions on social media, with netizens slamming Owaisi for glorifying a deceased felony.

.@asadowaisi shouting Atique Ahmed zindabad. pic.twitter.com/7zm1Gy5Y3B

— Facts (@BefittingFacts) April 25, 2023

The contentious video was shot on September 22, 2021, all through a public meeting of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Prayagraj City of Uttar Pradesh.

During his provocative speech, he tried to downplay the felony doc of Atiq Ahmed and tried to cross him off as a ‘sufferer’ of BJP’s high-handedness. At about 22 minutes into the programme, he was seen encouraging his supporters to carry Islamic chants of ‘Naara e Takbeer’ and ‘Allah hu Akbar.’

Amidst the spiritual sloganeering, he pushed throughout the title of Atiq Ahmed as a way to make it possible for his followers reply with a ‘Zindabad’ after the gangster’s time.

It must be talked about that on September 7, 2021, Atiq Ahmed joined AIMIM in absentia and his partner Shaista Parveen was inducted into the celebration throughout the presence of Asaduddin Owaisi.

The AIMIM chief had defended the selection by alleging that the BJP too had plenty of lawmakers (37% MLAs in UP Assembly and 117 MPs throughout the Parliament) with extreme felony costs pending in opposition to them.

In January 2022, Owaisi gave a ticket to Atiq Ahmed’s partner to contest the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha elections from the Allahabad West constituency. She misplaced. On April 15 this yr, the gangster-politician and his brother Ashraf had been shot lifeless from point-blank range in Prayagraj.

Atiq’s son Asad Ahmed and aide Ghulam had been moreover neutralised in an encounter operation by the Uttar Pradesh Police on April 13, 2023. Shaista Parveen is in the intervening time on the run from laws enforcement authorities. She is required throughout the Umesh Pal murder case.