The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took a swipe at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi as he reiterated his wish to see a hijab-wearing woman as the Prime Minister of India.
BJP’s Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video of Owaisi where he can be heard taking a dig at BJP after Rishi Sunak became UK PM. The AIMIM also said that he hopes that a hijab-wearing woman will become Prime Minister of the country one day.
“BJP wants to eradicate secularism and equal opportunity for all in the country,” Owaisi said. He was speaking to the media in Karnataka after campaigning in Bijapur for the upcoming municipal corporation elections.
BJP hits back at Owaisi
Shehzad Poonawalla took a dig Owaisi saying, “Owaisi ji hopes that a hijab-wearing girl becomes PM of India! Well Constitution bars nobody but do tell us when will a hijab-wearing girl get to become President of AIMIM? Let us start with that?”
BJP leader Amit Malviya said “charity begins at home” and suggested that Owaisi should step aside and offer Hyderabad LS to Syeda Falak.
“Asaduddin Owaisi wants to see a woman with hijab as India’s PM. Here is what Owaisi can do. Step aside and offer Hyderabad LS to Syeda Falak, an international sportswoman, hijabi and a member of AIMIM. Becoming MP is the first step towards becoming PM. Charity begins at home,” Amit Malviya tweeted.
Owaisi living in fool’s paradise: Congress
Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that Owaisi is living in a “fool’s paradise” if he thinks that a hijab-wearing woman can ever become a PM.
“Anybody can become Prime Minister in a democracy but in today’s time when there is politics of hatred in the country, only someone who lives in fool’s paradise can imagine that a hijab-clad woman can become a PM. No hijab-wearing woman ever became a president or a PM even in a Muslim country. But leaders who want to spread hatred will one day have to wear a hijab before stepping out so that nobody recognises them” Rashid Alvi said.
BJP against Muslim identity: Owaisi
Taking aim at the BJP, the AIMIM leader said that the saffron party is against halal meat and other lifestyle aspects of the Muslims. He alleged that the BJP is against Muslim’s identity.
Asaduddin Owaisi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doing only lip service with his slogan of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas’. He said that the ground reality is completely different as BJP’s agenda is to kill the pluralism of the country.
“They feel there is danger with halal meat, Muslims’ caps and their beards. The PM`s words ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas’ are empty rhetoric. BJP`s real agenda is to end India`s diversity and Muslim identity,” Owaisi said.
