HYDERABAD: Emphasising that All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will play the role of a kingmaker in the upcoming State Assembly elections, former Chandrayangutta MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi has said that whoever became the Chief Minister in the past has had to “bow” before his party while indicating that the same would continue in the future.
Speaking at a party workers meeting at Fatima Owaisi Educational Campus in Bandlaguda, Akbaruddin Owaisi said: “The truth is whoever became the CM in the past has had to bow down before AIMIM. Whether it is Babu (Nara Chandrababu Naidu), Reddys, Kiran (Kiran Kumar Reddy) or KCR (K Chandrasekhar Rao), they have to agree to our demands.”
Akbaruddin, who has been aggressively campaigning in Chandrayangutta constituency made the above comments on late Sunday. “It’s true that we can’t become kings. But its also true that nobody can become kings without our permission. If we have the power to put somebody in power, then we also have the power to pull them down,” he said. Akbaruddin, who is also AIMIM’s floor leader in the Assembly, took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech.
Slamming the PM for demonetisation, Goods and Services Tax (GST), rising prices of petrol and unemployment, Akbaruddin said: “This is what happens when you make a ‘chaiwala a chowkidar’. When a person has already excelled in one profession, he should have been kept in that role.” He also took on cow vigilantes, challenging them to stop beef exports from India.
“In India, beef eaters are murdered, but India feeds beef to the whole world,” he claimed. He also called out the BJP government for their alleged double standards on the usage of law. “When the triple talaq ordinance came into force, it was urged that people follow the law. However, when Sabarimala judgement was passed, Amit Shah said that the law should take religious issues into consideration.”
Asaduddin dares BJP to bring in ordinance to build Ram temple
Hyderabad:Hours after the Supreme Court adjourned the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi dared the Bharatiya Janata Party to bring in an ordinance to build a temple at the disputed site. Owaisi said that voices within the BJP had emerged favouring the early construction of the temple. “Bring the ordinance. We will see. For how long will you just talk? Bring the ordinance now if you have the guts,” Owaisi said.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday ruled that future hearings based on the appeals filed against the Allahabad High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case would be decided by that bench. He also slammed Union Minister Giriraj Singh’s comments that “Hindus were running out of patience on the Ram temple issue”. With a heavy dose of sarcasm, Owaisi said, “I urgently demand that PM Modi make Giriraj Singh the next AG. Once he (Giriraj) is made AG, he can say the same thing in front of the SC.” The Hyderabad MP also took on Amit Shah for his comments on the Sabarimala judgement terming it as a “clear violation of an SC judgement.”