In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Hyderabad ‘on lease’ remark, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi hit back on Wednesday, stating that the people of Hyderabad are not cattle. He added that they are citizens, not the property of political parties.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi trained guns at the Congress and BRS, alleging that for years, they have given Hyderabad to AIMIM on ‘lease’. “For all these years, both these parties (Congress and BRS) have given Hyderabad to AIMIM on lease. If someone has challenged the AIMIM for the first time, it’s BJP. More than AIMIM, it’s Congress and BRS who are rattled by the challenge from the BJP. Both are helping AIMIM to win in Hyderabad,” he said.
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Taking it to X, Owaisi responded, “Modi came to Telangana and said that the Hyderabad seat had been leased to Owaisi. The people of Hyderabad are not cattle. We are citizens, not the property of political parties. For forty years, Hyderabad has defeated the evil ideology of Hindutva and entrusted AIMIM. Inshallah, Hindutva will be defeated again,” he posted on X.
Shifting focus on the issue of electoral funding, Owasisi said, “Modi is beholden to those who gave his party Rs 6,000 crore through electoral bonds. In return, he has leased/sold India’s assets to his sponsors.”
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“Modi has appeased them so much that today, 21 people have more wealth than 70 crore Indians combined. Those 21 are his real parivar,” he added.
Speaking to ANI earlier, the AIMIM chief claimed that PM Modi is frustrated and sought to remind him how the AIMIM has been defeating the BJP for 40 years.
“We have been defeating BJP for 40 years…in 2014 and 2019, PM Modi came but AIMIM won here…I want to ask PM, where is the money for PM CARE funds, in which bank is the electoral bond money?…unemployment and inflation are increasing…this year PM Modi wants to change the constitution so that he can end reservation. He says that we are infiltrators and our daughters give birth to so many children, this is wrong. Will a Muslim take out the ‘Mangalsutra’ from a Hindu woman?. Prime Minister is frustrated,” he added.
Madhavi Latha is set to face Asaduddin Owaisi, a four-time Lok Sabha MP from the Hyderabad constituency, marking a first for the BJP to field a female candidate from the Hyderabad constituency.
Asaduddin Owaisi has been the Member of Parliament for Hyderabad since 2004, winning four elections. Before him, his father, Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, represented Hyderabad in Parliament from 1984. Almost all the seats in the Hyderabad assembly are also held by AIMIM, except Goshamahal.
The Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency includes seven assembly segments: Bahadurpura, Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Goshamahal, Karwan, Malakpet, and Yakatpura. Voting for all 17 Telangana seats is scheduled for May 13 in the fourth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. In the 2019 general elections, TRS secured nine seats, BJP four, Congress three, and AIMIM one.
