AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said that his party's official stand on Nupur Sharma controversy is that the former BJP spokesperson should be punished according to the laws of the land. However, when questioned his party's MP Imtiaz Jaleel call for death by public hanging for Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal, Owaisi sidestepped the question. He then played the victim card, saying 30 of his workers have been arrested for protesting against Nupur Sharma.