‘Congress, SP, RJD Afraid Of Taking Muslims’ Names In Parliament: Asaduddin Owaisi

The AIMIM chief challenged Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to contest elections from Hyderabad and not Wayanad in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Congress, Samajwadi Party and Lalu Yadav’s RJD over not supporting Muslim and OBC women in the Parliament during the debate of women reservation bill. He stated that these parties are scared of taking names of Muslims in the Parliament. “I stood up and said the Muslim and OBC women should also get reservations…They keep telling me that I am against women, but the truth is that you are against women, OBCs and Muslims…,” he said.

While addressing a public gathering in Hyderabad on Sunday the AIMIM chief challenged Congress MP Rahul Gandhi to contest elections from Hyderabad and not Wayanad in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

Owaisi stated that the Babri Masjid was demolished under the regime of the grand old party.

“I am challenging your leader (Rahul Gandhi) to contest elections from Hyderabad and not Wayanad. You keep giving big statements, come to the ground and fight against me. People from Congress will say a lot of things, but I am ready…Babri Masjid and Secretariat’s mosque were demolished under the Congress regime…” he said.

The Congress and AIMIM are engaged in a fierce battle for control in Telangana, as they compete for the leadership in the upcoming state Assembly elections scheduled for later this year. Earlier this month, Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the Vijayabheri Sabha in Tukkuguda, Telangana, stated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (TRS), and AIMIM are collaborating in Telangana, and his party is opposing this alliance.

“In Telangana, the Congress party is not fighting against BRS but with BRS, BJP and AIMIM combined. They call themselves different parties but they are working together unitedly,” Rahul Gandhi had said.

The Wayanad MP also asserted that there are no CBI or ED cases against Telangana Chief Minister K C Rao or AIMIM chief. He suggested that Prime Minister Narendra Modi views them as his “own people.”

With the Telangana Assembly polls approaching, all political parties are making concerted efforts to secure victory. The ruling BRS has already revealed its list of candidates, while the Congress has introduced its “six guarantees,” which they promise to fulfill if elected to power.