“They see Muslims just as voters, not as citizens with rights,” said AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, lashing out at the “so-called secular” parties when asked why he was attempting to create a third political pole in Uttar Pradesh.
“Dalit-Muslim unity is not the sole objective. The main purpose is to ensure that the BJP does not return to power. Read | Asaduddin Owaisi Seals Chandrashekhar Azad Tie-Up, Chief Minister Face. What It Means For UP “They are victims of bulldozer action by the administration. “They are used as votes, not seen as citizens with rights. He also accused these parties of preventing the emergence of independent Muslim political leadership. “Why did the SP contest in Kashmir? Who was responsible for our candidate Imtiaz Jaleel’s defeat in Maharashtra? Look at the Congress. It is fighting the AAP in Punjab. It is calling AAP the B team of the BJP.
In a no-holds-barred interview with NDTV, after announcing his party’s alliance with Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party, Owaisi said their primary objective remained the ouster of the BJP government in the state. We want to put up a strong fight against the BJP, which has unleashed lawlessness in the state,” Owaisi said. They lag behind in jobs and education,” he said. The lies of so-called secular parties are repeated election after election,” he said. “Muslims have not been allowed to develop political leadership, whereas every other caste group has its own political representation,” he said. There is a lot of contradiction and hypocrisy going around,” he said.
