HYDERABAD: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday assailed Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday for her remarks in the United States that “Muslims in India are doing better than those in Pakistan,” questioning her how long Muslims in India will be linked to the neighbouring country.
Ridiculing the claims by the minister, Owaisi, in a series of posts on Twitter. pointed out that the BJP, which is ruling at the Centre, doesn't have a single MP from the Muslim community.
“How long will Indian Muslims be associated with Pakistan? We are not Pakistan's hostages or mascots. We are the citizens of this country. We demand justice and treatment with dignity," he Tweeted.
Owaisi stated that Muslims were being displaced in Assam and that members of minority communities had experienced violence and arson from Bihar to Gujarat.
“The states where Muslims have faced the worst violence and discrimination are BJP-ruled states. In non-BJP states, the main culprits of violence are all affiliates of Sangh Parivar. In Assam, Muslims are facing displacement in the name of ‘encroachments’, even in the capital city genocidal slogans against Muslims have been raised. From Bihar to Gujarat, Muslims have faced horrible arson and violence (sic),” Owaisi said
“In today’s India Genocidal Dharam Sansads are ignored by the government; ruling party MPs call for economic boycotts & ask people to keep ‘weapons’. Just one state of Maharashtra alone had 50 anti-Muslim hate rallies. The state looks away when Muslims face lynching and violence. Instead, Muslims have to face bulldozers & false imprisonment from the government (sic),” he alleged.
On the claim that the Muslim population was growing in India, Asad felt that population growth or decline is determined by demographic considerations rather than the benevolence or malevolence of a government.
“Every piece of government data points to the abysmal state of Muslim education. Muslims lag behind in education due to high poverty. It’s a cruel joke that FM mentioned fellowships when the government stopped Maulana Azad Fellowship & restricted Pre & Post-Matric Scholarships for poor minorities,” he added.
