One day after a BJP leader said he would carry out a “surgical strike” in the old city of Hyderabad to “eliminate the infiltrators” if the party wins the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM chief) Assaduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday that if Pakistanis are there, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Interior Minister Amit Shah are responsible.
“If there are Pakistanis in the old city, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are responsible. Because it’s their failure that they were sleeping and Pakistanis got in here, I’ve never seen them here. They want to build a wall of hatred between Hindus and Muslims, ”he said.
He also challenged the BJP to bring in Prime Minister Modi to campaign to see how many seats he wins.
“In Bihar, during the 2019 parliamentary elections, the BJP won with 222 seats and they are now down to 75 seats in the Assembly elections after a year and a half. You bring Narendra Modi to the old city and campaign here. We will see what happens. Organize your meeting here and we will see how many seats you will win here, ”Owaisi said while addressing a public meeting here in Malakpet.
Hyderabad MP Lok Sabha further alleged that the BJP wants to destroy the city’s name.
“Every politician who comes from Delhi is talking only about me. They are municipal elections, they will not talk about development. They have no answers for the assistance that the BJP government has provided for the development of Hyderabad between 2019 and 2020. Hyderabad has become a developed city, many multinationals have established here, but the BJP wants to destroy it, tearing down the brand. Hyderabad name, ”he said.
AIMIM party chief Owaisi also attacked Telangana’s chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, claiming he made a big mistake by agreeing to enforce the coronavirus-induced lockdown in the state.
“The prime minister should not have done it because in the Constitution, law and order are a matter of state. He had told her not to. I told him that he should be the one to decide when to enforce the shutdown. It was a big mistake, but when I talk about it, the BJP says that I have become (Muhammad Ali) Jinnah. Did you have something to do with Jinnah 70 years ago? The BJP must understand that the followers of Jinnah have gone to Pakistan. We reject Jinnah and also the “two-nation theory.” They say that I am against the Hindus; the BJP has demolished a mosque, we are asking for 10 million rupees for the development of a temple in Lal Darwaza, ”he said.
Telangana BJP President Bandi Sanjay Kumar had said on Tuesday that Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the head of AIMIM were trying to win GHMC polls with “Rohingya, Pakistani and Afghan voters.” (AND ME)
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