Owaisi takes a dig on BJP's Kailash Vijayavargiya Poha statement, makes 'Halwa reference'

Entering into "poha" debate, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that labourers should only eat "Halwa". He added that if labourers will eat Halwa only n y will be called "Indian, Bharat ka Shehri" orwise y will be called "Bangladeshi." 

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His remark comes as a dig on BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya who while addressing a seminar in Indore on Friday said that labourers who recently worked at his house can be Bangladeshis as y only ate poha. Owaisi has been actively opposing amended citizenship law calling it 'discriminatory' as it seeks to grant citizenship to Jains, Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Christians and Buddhists. 

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Owaisi's Halwa remark

Earlier on January 22, after Halwa ceremony of Finance Ministry ahead of Budget Session of Parliament, Owaisi had targeted BJP for its "name changing spree". He had said that word 'Halwa' is an "Arabic" word. He asked that "Will you people start speaking in Arabic w and change name of 'Halwa' ?" Hyderabad MP added that he is t 'halwa' and called himself "red chilli".

Addressing a public rally in Karimnagar ahead of Municipal corporation elections, Owaisi had said: "You kw how process of making budget starts? By making 'Halwa'. w I want to ask BJP people, dear, what is origin of this work? It's an Arabic word. It is neir a Hindi word r an Urdu word. So will you start people talking in Arabic w? Will you change its name too?" 

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