Why Owaisi's views on Yakub Memon's hanging are seeing outrage on Twitter

Raising questions over 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon's expected hanging, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said Memon is being punished because of his religion.

Addressing a public gathering in Hyderabad, Owaisi said Memon, who is likely to be hanged on July 30, accused the Centre of indulging in religious discrimination and said the government should execute all death row convicts.

Owaisi said killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh are not being executed because of political pressure. Read more.

Here's how people took to Twitter to vent their ire following Owaisi's comments: 

I, like many Indians, feel Yakub Memon shouldn't be hanged. Many Indians feel he should. Enter Asaduddin Owaisi and it's Hindus vs Muslims

— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) July 24, 2015

Where I argue #YakubMemon 's religion has nothing to do with his punishment. Read the court verdict pls. @DailyO_ http://t.co/bumxdjIROB

— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) July 24, 2015

Those who wnt #YakubMemon rehabilitated and not hanged, pls contact the courts and legally adopt him. U can rehabilitate him in ur own house

— Vande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) July 24, 2015

Best time for @asadowaisi types to ride on Yakub Memon's back, make communal speeches, get free publicity & expand their voter base!

— Priti Gandhi (@MrsGandhi) July 24, 2015

MIM MP @asadowaisi wrong in seeking parity with Col Purohit & Sadhvi Pragya. Both are undertrials. #YakubMemon convicted by SC

— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) July 24, 2015

Waiting for Arundhati Roy to pipe up from her (Rs 20 crore?) Jor Bagh flat and tell us that we are vile Hindus for oppressing Yakub Memon.

— HindolSengupta (@HindolSengupta) July 24, 2015

Plot to kill people & then blame fellow plotters. Does that absolve #YakubMemon of the crime of killing 257 innocent people in serial blasts

— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) July 24, 2015

Yakub Memon: its NOT about innocence. Its about whether there's enough evidence against him to justify taking his life

— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) July 24, 2015

Today its Owaisi. But the demand for clemency to Yakub is only going to get louder. Such is the nature of terror sympathisers.

— Vande Mataram (@UnSubtleDesi) July 24, 2015

As i said earlier, Owaisi is the most dangerous politician out there after Kejriwal. https://t.co/id4gcRuGrE

— IndiaSpeaks (@IndiaSpeaksPR) July 24, 2015

TV channels needlessly lending themselves to politicising Yakoob Memon hanging- Why let Owaisi, Abu Azmi spew venom on prime time tv? Bquiet

— Madhu Kishwar (@madhukishwar) July 23, 2015