Asaduddin Owaisi hits back after BJP brings "Muslim quota" into poll debate

All India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party for repeatedly raising the issue of the existing Muslim reservation in Telangana and said that the BJP is lying because the reservation in the state is not provided on the basis of religionUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the party will ldquoabolish it if his party wins the electionrdquo news wire ANI reportedSpeaking to ANI the AIMIM chief said BJP is lying In Telangana and Andhra Pradesh the reservation being given to Muslims is not on the basis of religion First there is empirical data on the social and educational backwardness of Muslims Second late PS Krishnan drafted a report where it was stated that there are certain backward classes in Muslim community and they should get it reservation not the upper caste Muslims Third not every Muslim is getting itrdquoHe further hit out at the BJP questioning why does the party hate upliftment of the community This is in national interest to uplift their backward Muslims social educational backwardnessWhy does BJP hate it for Muslims to become doctors engineers nurse teachers pursue MBA or PhD he saidNotably the implementation of Uniform Civil Code UCC and scrapping of religionbased reservation were among the promises in the BJPs manifesto for Telangana released by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in HyderabadIn its campaign for the Telangana Assembly polls the BJP has repeatedly raised the issue of Muslim reservation in the stateSpeaking at Chevella Amit Shah said that the reservation for Muslims in Telangana was unconstitutional and it would be cancelled and the benefit extended to SCs STs and OBCs insteadHowever when asked that AIMIM is being seen supporting BRS openly in these elections Owaisi refuted the allegations saying that as many as nine candidates from his party are in the fray against the BRSNo there are BRS candidates contesting against us on nine assembly seats Wherever there isnt a candidate we have urged the public to make Mamu KCR the Chief Minister for the third time So we are contesting against them they against usThere is nothing like that the AIMIM MP addedOwaisi also slammed the Congress Party after the Election Commission of India ECI ordered Telangana government to stop all the disbursements under Rythu Bandu scheme alleging the grand old party of having an antifarmer approachAlso read Deal to make KCR CM and Rahul PM Amit ShahCongress party objected to it This is an ongoing scheme and has been in implementation for years What objection does the Congress party have against an ongoing scheme Had this been a new scheme we would have understood But this isnt a new scheme Sudden objection from the Congress party clearly implies that they do not want the farmers to benefitYou made it halt this is sending out a wrong message across Telangana he saidComing down heavily on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his recent promise to rename the Hyderabad city as Bhagyanagar the AIMIM chief said that the announcement made by the UP CM symbolises his hate for the cityFirst ask them where did this Bhagyanagar come from Ask him where has it been written You hate Hyderabad that is why renaming is a symbol of that hatred Hyderabad is our identity how will you rename itThey are just doing politics of hatred he saidOn Saturday Yogi Adityanath said that Hyderabad will be renamed Bhagyanagar when the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP comes to power in Telangana With inputs from PTI