Hailing the Supreme Court judgment quashing the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on January 08 said that a strong message must be given to all rapists irrespective of their ideology. Asaduddin Owaisi told ANI, “From Day 1, I have been saying that BJP, instead of standing with the victim, has always stood with the perpetrators who committed this heinous crime. It is Bilkis Bano who fought so bravely and also put her life on the line. The same Gujarat Govt that could not protect her, gave an order to release these convicts who raped her and killed her child. A strong message must be sent to all rapists irrespective of which political ideology they belong to that no remission will be given to them.”“Bilkis Bano fought her battle on her own for justice…The Supreme Court today said that the state of Gujarat acted in complicit with the convicts. The BJP government was helping rapists in Gujarat. Two BJP MLAs endorsed the release of these rapists, he said during a Press Conference. The Supreme Court on January 08 struck down the Gujarat government’s order granting remission to 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.