Hyderabad, March 20 -- AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of siding with the United States and Israel in the West Asia conflict.

Amid reported LPG shortage in the country due to the hampering of trade routes through the Strait of Hormuz, Owaisi slammed the Centre over import dependence for oil and gas.

Addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad, the AIMIM leader asked PM Modi to be neutral amid the conflict.

Questioning PM Modi's Israel visit on February 25-26, just before the West Asia conflict with US-Israeli strikes at Iran on February 28, Owaisi said, "America and Zionist - Trump and Netanyahu, want to destroy Iran like Gaza. If someone says that this would...