AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticises I.N.D.I. Alliance, bats for third entrance

On Sunday (17 September), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi mentioned that he was not involved over the truth that his social gathering was not invited by the opposition I.N.D.I. Alliance. While talking to ANI, Owaisi famous that the opposition alliance didn’t invite a number of events from the Hindi heartland, Maharashtra, and the northeast, together with the Bahujan Samaj Party and a few northeastern events.

Going forward, he emphasised that the I.N.D.I. Alliance is self-styled secularism ke chaudhary (self-appointed flagbearer of secularism). 

Owaisi mentioned, “I don’t care that I was not invited to this alliance. In fact, Mayawati and KCR are not there. Many northeast parties are not there. These people have become the self-styled secularism ke chaudhary.” 

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Stating that I.N.D.I. Alliance has did not fill the political vacuum, AIMIM Chief claimed that there’s a scope for a 3rd entrance. Owaisi asserted that Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao ought to take the lead on the third entrance. 

He added, “I have told our CM (KCR) to come to the front and make a third front taking the parties which are not there in the opposition alliance. There is a political vacuum which will be filled if KCR takes the lead. I don’t know whether KCR will take the lead for such a front but I feel the I.N.D.I. Alliance is not able to fill the political vacuum.” 

When requested in regards to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly that’s at the moment going down in Hyderabad, Owaisi launched an assault on the Congress social gathering accusing them of double-speak on reservation to minorities. He questioned the Congress authorities in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh for not doing sufficient for the minorities of their state.  

He mentioned, “The CWC has recommended an increase in reservations for Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). But what about Muslims? Why aren’t they talking about the Muslim reservation in Maharashtra?”

The AIMIM chief added, “What has Congress done for the minorities? Please show us what have you done in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. When Junaid and Nasir were burnt to death, their families were given ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh. When Kanhaiya Lal was killed by terrorists, his family was given an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakh. The Congress discriminates while giving ex-gratia to people killed by terrorists.”