Azam hits back at opponents for slamming his UN remark

Facing flak for taking the Dadri issue to the United Nations, senior UP minister Mohd Azam Khan

On Wednesday hit back at his political opponents asking where were the 'thekedaars' of the society when Badaun case and those related to child labour were raised before the UN.

"Barely clenching fist and showing a punch doesn't give the power...reality cannot be described by playing with words...something concrete has to be done,” Khan said at a programme here.

"When the hanging of two cousin sisters in Badaun was taken before the United Nations and the Chief Minister had to reply to a letter from its Secretary General, where were these so called 'thekedaars' of the society," he said.

Khan posed, "When several issues of labour movements and child labour were raised before the UN and Kailash Satyarthi got Nobel prize, where were these people?"

"Lakhs of cases related to health were taken before the UN, but at that time nobody said people doing so were Pakistan agents and they should leave India. But when a person is mourning death of an innocent person because people want to end democracy and turn the country into a Hindu Rashtra, no democratic force is ready for it," he said.

Taking strong exception to Khan's letter, BJP has demanded his dismissal and said he should be tried for treachery for taking the Dadri issue to the UN and tarnishing the image of the country at the global level.