AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday alleged that Muslims have been “betrayed” in the name of secularism as he launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party and announced that he has come to Uttar Pradesh to defeat the BJP. “Our first effort is to develop our Muslim leadership in the country’s largest state, Uttar Pradesh,” he said.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen leader also said that his party has made all booth level preparations to contest 100 of the total 403 assembly seats in UP. Addressing a rally at Rasoolabad village in the Muslim-majority constituency of Rudauli in Ayodhya, the AIMIM leader urged Muslims to “not be in the shadows” and alleged that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has always created fear among the community. .
The AIMIM chief said, “Nineteen per cent (of the voters) are Muslims and nine per cent are Yadavs, but the chief minister will be yours (of the Yadav family) and we (Muslims) will not even get a peon’s job.” The Samajwadi Party which has been relying on the Muslim-Yadav combination to win the state. Owaisi claimed that Yadav voters were not voting for Muslim candidates.
He alleged that other political parties do not want Muslim leadership to develop in the country and said that Muslims in Uttar Pradesh are “helpless” as they have been denied their “share”. Everyone got a share in UP, but the Muslims of UP did not get their share. Muslims have been betrayed in the name of secularism,” alleged Owaisi.
“AAP, SP, BSP did not want anyone from the Muslim community to emerge as a leader. As I am talking about giving participation to Muslims, they are feeling uncomfortable,” he said. He attacked the ruling BJP for its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and said that their aim is to defeat the saffron party.
“We have been intimidated by (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi and Yogi (Adityanath), but we have come to defeat the BJP. “People have lost their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. People have died due to lack of oxygen. The bodies were buried on the banks of the river and the dogs cleaned them.”
The venue of the rally was about 20 km from Dhannipur, where a mosque is being built as per the Supreme Court’s decision in the Ram Janmabhoomi case. “Why do Muslims in Ayodhya feel ashamed or apprehensive even to talk about the Babri demolition. All political parties have exploited Muslims and Dalits. of Ayodhya. I want to say that Ayodhya belongs to India. Faizabad belongs to India and Owaisi also belongs to India. Jail gangster and former MP Atiq Ahmed’s wife Shaista Praveen joined AIMIM in Lucknow on Tuesday in presence of Owaisi. Ahmed joined the new party in absentia.
Owaisi alleged that the SP and Bahujan Samaj Party used Muslims as “slaves”. The AIMIM leader began his three-day tour of UP from Tuesday. He is scheduled to visit Sultanpur and Barabanki on September 8 and September 9 respectively.
Owaisi is making efforts to expand the party across the country and has got some success in Maharashtra and Bihar. However, the party could not make headway in West Bengal. “Muslims used to enslave the Samajwadi Party and BSP and used to raise slogans in their favor and form their government. But when it came to giving them participation, they did not talk,” he said, “when giving participation and representation to Muslims.” When it comes to this, they say that it will increase communalism. SP and BSP fought elections together, yet BJP won. Muslims voted for them. Where did all those votes go?” he said.
Owaisi said that he has joined hands with Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party and other parties are also with him. On giving tickets to Hindus, Owaisi said, ‘OBCs are our brothers, we will give tickets to Dalits also and they will win.
Meanwhile, BJP hit back at Owaisi, saying that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will not allow ‘Jinnah’s Jihadi mentality’ to flourish in Uttar Pradesh. In the name of providing security to the community, giving security to a notorious criminal like Atiq Ahmed, including him and his wife in AIMIM shows Owaisi’s mentality. But keep in mind that Yogi ji will not allow Jinnah’s Johadi mentality to flourish in UP.
However, Owaisi defended his decision to include Ahmed, who has several criminal cases registered against him, claiming that several BJP leaders are also facing multiple cases. Five-time MLA and one-time MP Ateeq Ahmed has over 90 criminal cases including murder, kidnapping, illegal mining, extortion, intimidation and cheating. He is in jail in Gujarat. He was transferred there from Uttar Pradesh in 2019 on the directions of the Supreme Court.
The Congress also questioned Owaisi’s move to launch his election campaign from Ayodhya. “I came to know that AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi had started his election campaign in the state from Ayodhya. Though he does minority politics, I was thinking that he would start his election campaign from Deva Sharif (in Barabanki),” said Imran Pratapgarhi, national president of Congress’s minority department.
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