India can't be governed on basis of Hindi, Hindu & Hindustan: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi

Owaisi made the remark after  a scuffle broke out between members of the BJP and BSP in Aligarh Municipal Corporation in Uttar Pradesh yesterday when an oath was taken in Urdu.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi (File | PTI)
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi (File | PTI)

HYDERABAD: President of All India Majlis-e- Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Asaduddin Owaisi today said that India cannot be governed on the basis of "Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan".

Owaisi, while citing a news report which claimed that a scuffle broke out between members of the BJP and BSP in Aligarh Municipal Corporation in Uttar Pradesh yesterday after a BSP corporator took oath in Urdu, tweeted that he himself has taken oath in Urdu three times earlier as an MP and will do so again in 2019.

"As an MP I have taken oath in Urdu three times, so is that unconstitutional and will again take in Urdu in 2019 InshAllah. India cannot be governed on the basis of Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan," the Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad said in a tweet.

Related Stories

No stories found.

X
The New Indian Express
www.newindianexpress.com