New Delhi: Asaduddin Owaisi, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka chief’s latest assertion on Tipu Sultan. The AIMIM chief questioned whether or not the BJP would burn the primary copies of the Constitution, which featured an image of Tipu Sultan, if that they had the prospect. Owaisi additionally questioned whether or not Prime Minister Modi shared the views of the Karnataka BJP chief, who had known as for the killing of supporters of Tipu Sultan. He described the assertion as a name for genocide and an expression of pure hatred.
“I challenge on the land of #Hanuman, people who love #TipuSultan should not stay here, people who do #RamBhajan and pray #Hanuman should stay here,” he added.#Karnataka #KarnatakaElections2023 #NalinKumarKateelpic.twitter.com/9lTX0X5NHs
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Speaking to India Today about the identical, he requested the Karnataka BJP chief, “If I support Tipu Sultan, Would you kill me?”. Owaisi additionally highlighted that the primary copy of the Indian Constitution contained footage of a number of historic figures, together with Tipu Sultan, Rama, Lakshman, Gautam Buddha, Akbar, Guru Nanak, and the Rani of Jhansi.
He argued that those that created the Constitution liked the nation greater than the BJP does, suggesting that the BJP may burn the Constitution as nicely.
In addition, Owaisi criticized BJP chief Bandi Sanjay for his assertion on the newly-built state secretariat, which he had threatened to demolish if the BJP got here to energy within the 2023 Assembly polls. Owaisi known as for unity and questioned the BJP’s concentrate on destroying the state secretariat as a substitute of supporting higher governance.
(With ANI inputs)
