Published 12:04 IST, November 28th 2020

Owaisi says 'AIMIM loyal to Bharat, Razakars went to Pakistan' in response to BJP's attack

In the run-up to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that his party is not of the Razakars and has slammed the BJP

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In run-up to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that his party is t of Razakars and has slammed BJP for accusing him of being 'Jinnah's avatar'. Asaduddin Owaisi said that Razakars left country and went to Pakistan and only those who are loyal to 'Bharat' stayed back. He also said that Majlis Party does t belong to Qasim Razvi but to Owasis who are loyal to nation. 

On Tejasvi Surya's remark that Owaisi is "avatar" of Jinnah, Owaisi said, "Why are you(BJP) so fond of Jinnah? Jinnah wanted to break nation, I am uniting it. Stop saying, Jinnah Jinnah."

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This comes days after Union Minister G Kishan Reddy had called AIMIM as party which supported Razakars. MOS Reddy had said, "As far as Majlis party (AIMIM) is concerned, BJP is very clear. re is relation between Majlis party and Muslims. Muslims brors are different and Majlis party is different. Majlis Party harasses thousands of Muslims in Hyderabad. It encroached properties of thousands of Muslims using mafia gangs and settlements," Reddy told reporters. He furr alleged that BJP sees MIM as a political party which inherited ideology of Razakars-private militia organised by Qasim Razvi during rule of Nizam and supported terror activities by extending financial and legal aid to some of m.

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'Owaisi is Jinnah's New Avatar': Tejasvi Surya

Tejasvi Surya said, "Laughable that Akabaruddin & Asaduddin Owaisi are speaking of development. y haven't allowed development in old Hyderabad, only thing y allowed is Rohingya Muslims. He (Asaduddin Owaisi) speaks langu of rabid Islamism, separatism and extremism which Mohammed Ali Jinnah also spoke. Every Indian should stand against divisive and communal politics of Owaisi brors. Vote to Owaisi is a vote against India." He continued, "Who is Owaisi? Owaisi is Mohammed Ali Jinnah's new avatar".

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12:04 IST, November 28th 2020