Asad Questions Modi’s Statement on Gold

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday questioned the rationale of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal urging citizens to refrain from buying gold to save foreign exchange amid the ongoing West Asia crisis. He observed that the BJP-led NDA government was concealing the actual state of the Indian economy.

Addressing media persons at Darussalam, Owaisi asked why the Prime Minister presented tolerating hardships like rising fuel prices as a form of patriotism, when these price hikes often happened right after elections. He wondered why the Prime Minister remained silent when the polls were still underway in four states and a Union Territory.

“The Prime Minister is now framing this as a matter of patriotism, which means that a true patriot is one who stoically endures such burdens. I would say that an invoice is now coming due for the people of India, and the nature of this invoice will be a hike in the prices of petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel. Their prices are set to rise significantly,” he cautioned.

Owaisi also slammed the Centre the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026. He challenged the effectiveness of the anti-paper leak law passed by Parliament and demanded to know what answers the Prime Minister had for students whose parents spent lakhs on coaching.