Hold surgical strikes on China: Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi: Hold surgical strikes on China
Hyderabad: Reacting sharply to Telangana BJP chief's comment of carrying out surgical strikes in the Old City, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi dared Bandi Sanjay's party to carry out the act of bravado in Ladakh, where China has occupied the Indian territory. The Hyderabad MP wanted to know why no surgical strikes were being carried out against China which had occupied 920 square kilometers of Indian territory. Condemning Sanjay's surgical strike comment, he wondered how a political party can speak such a language just for an election.
"They are saying they will carry out surgical strikes in the Old City to drive away Pakistanis. How many Pakistanis are there in the Old City? I am challenging them to show at least 100 Pakistanis living here. If Pakistanis have been living in the old city, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi should first remove Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy from his cabinet as this was happening under his nose," Owaisi said at an election meeting.
He also wanted to know what BJP government at the Centre has been doing for six-and-half years if Pakistanis were living in the Old City.
Terming this as an insult to Hyderabad, he asked people to give a befitting reply to BJP in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections scheduled on December 1. He alleged that BJP was trying to create hatred and re-create the situation of 1980s and 1990s in Hyderabad.
"Hyderabad is attracting investment of billions of rupees in the information technology and pharmaceutical sector. Amazon and Microsoft have set up their second biggest global centers in Hyderabad. Youth belonging to all communities were getting jobs. People of all communities live in harmony here and there have been no communal problems for six and half years.
There are Muslims, Hindus, Dalits, Backward Classes and Sikhs living peacefully. MIM works for all people irrespective of their religions and castes," he added stating that his party has again fielded non-Muslims as its candidates in GHMC polls.