Debating the Bhopal encounter of 8 SIMI men, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at the BJP, sarcastically saying, "You people are paragon of virtue and I am the only anti-national in the country. Nationalism begins from you and ends at you. You can live in that comfort but I would tell you that you would have to face us, us anti-national for your incapacity". BJP hit back, asking him to "stop sympathizing with terrorists".