“They only gain votes by playing Hindu-Muslim card”: Mehbooba Mufti

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Amid the ‘I Love Muhammad’ controversy, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday launched a veiled attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said, “They only gain votes by playing the Hindu-Muslim card”.

On ‘I Love Muhammad’ row, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti told reporters here, “…Recently, a Muslim cleric in UP was caught, beaten, his beard torn, badly injured, and then asked to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’. If this isn’t an offence, then why was ‘I Love Muhammad’ considered an offence? They only gain votes by playing the Hindu-Muslim card; otherwise, they wouldn’t need to steal votes or resort to SIR… This is very unfortunate… Spreading this kind of poison in a country like India is a wake-up call…”

Meanwhile, AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi stated that the ‘I Love Muhammad’ contr