PTI
Hyderabad
In a scathing attack on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday advised him against burdening Indian women with his “three children a family” theory.
He also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that animosity against Muslims was “institutionalised” during his tenure.
In an interview, Owaisi accused the RSS and organisations sponsored or supported by it of being responsible for “spreading anti-Muslims hatred”. Citing the 2011 census, the AIMIM leader said the Muslim population growth rate is decreasing and stood at 14.23% compared to nearly
80% of Hindus.
“And now you are saying, okay, give birth to three children. Who are you to enter into people’s family lives? Why are you trying to put a burden on Indian women, who might have their own different priorities in their lives? So, this is a classic double speak
of RSS,” he said.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat had on Thursday said every Indian family should have three children to keep the population sufficient and under control. Bhagwat also said RSS does not believe in attacking anyone, especially on religious lines.
In response, the Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP cited numerous examples wherein Bhagwat called Muslims “chori ka samaan (stolen goods) and Mughal badshaah ki aulad (descendants of Mughal rulers).”
“Who is holding all the dharam sansads and calling for an open genocide of Muslims, open rape of women?” he asked. They claim to have no connection with all these rightwing organisations, he added.
“So, it is the RSS-sponsored, RSS-supported organisations, which talk about, perpetuate hate against Muslims. In fact, hate against Muslims has been institutionalised during Mr. Narendra Modi’s tenure,” he alleged.
Owaisi further said people of the country should recognise the need to remove the BJP from power in the upcoming election, giving them a political retirement. “We must not give them this comfort of retiring, they themselves retiring. It is the people of India and democracy, I hope, and we are striving for it that they (BJP) should be retired from politics forever,” he opined.
According to Owaisi, V D Savarkar propounded the two-nation theory in his 19th session of the Hindu Mahasabha in Ahmedabad in 1937, and later in 1940, it was espoused by the Muslim League.
Responding to Bhagwat’s claim that conversion and illegal migration are key reasons for the country’s demographic imbalance, Owaisi questioned whether PM Modi had asked Sheikh Hasina, when she was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, as to why Bangladeshis are entering India.
“Did the Centre suspend any BSF officers on the issue of Bangladeshis illegally entering India?” he asked. “It is your failure. Let the country know the percentage of Bangladeshis in India from 2014 to 2024.”
Regarding the US imposing punitive sanctions against India, the Hyderabad MP claimed that the Modi government should have foreseen the action. “Where are all those Modi supporters who said the PM had a good equation with Trump and it is going to be a cakewalk for us?” he questioned.
He alleged that the Union government is not coming to rescue the poor, who will be affected by the 50% tariffs imposed by the US. Owaisi also sought to know why the BJP spokespersons have not condemned the statements of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, labelling the Ukraine conflict as “Modi’s war”.
