India belongs to Dravidians and Adivasis, not Thackeray or Modi: Owaisi

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said that India belongs to Dravidians and Adivasis and not to him or Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray NCP head Sharad Pawar and Prime Minister Narendra ModiAddressing a rally in Bhiwandi town here in Maharashtra on Saturday evening the Lok Sabha member also sought to know why Pawar pleaded with PM Modi for Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and not state NCP minister Nawab Malik who had been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate ED in a moneylaundering caseComing down heavily on the BJP Shiv Sena NCP and Congress he claimed that these parties want to protect their vote banks and hence never react when members of the minority community are targetedWhile the BJP and Prime Minister Modi are celebrating eight years of their successful rule in the country they do not realise what agony the country is going through he said while citing inflation and other issuesIf India belongs to anyone its the Dravidians adivasis tribals contrary to claims of others the All India MajlisEIttehadul Muslimeen AIMIM leader saidThey other parties give an example of 600 years but I give you an example of more than 65000 years The country does not belong to Thackeray Pawar Owaisi Modi or Shah but to Dravidians and Adivasis the AIMIM leader saidWhen anyone criticises CM Thackeray Pawar Modi or Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath they the respective partymen react immediately and take action but if we are criticised and comments passed against us no no one reacts he saidOwaisi appealed to Muslims and others including Dalits and OBCs to understand that these socalled secular parties will never come to their assistance as they are concerned only about their vote bankHe also said no one should challenge or provoke him or else he will show them the mirrorHe claimed that Muslims were being targeted over mosques as well as issues like wearing of hijab and halal meat and appealed to the community to fight against itClaiming that Pawar whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra pleaded with PM Modi for Rajya Sabha member Raut Owaisi asked Why he Pawar did not plead for Nawab Malik What is so special about RautReferring to the Gyanvapi mosque row he said they central government want to dig up different places but will not get anything there They want to wipe it Gyanvapi mosque out like the Babri Masjid he claimedOwaisi said at the time of the court verdict in the Babri mosque dispute case he had said that they government will now start digging up the Gyanvapi and other mosques including in Lucknow and his claim has come trueHe also claimed that Bhiwandi AIMIM leader Khalid Guddu was held by police for the last two years as he and the party were becoming strong in the town and they Maharashtra government see it as a threatThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever