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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Roushan Ali | TNN

Telangana: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi slams Mohan Bhagwat for remarks on Gyanvapi case

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi sought to know if the Centre has cut a deal with the US to not get blacklisted on religious freedom.

In a series of tweets on Friday, Owaisi also targeted RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comments on Gyanvapi mosque and Indians having the same ancestral lineage. “Bhagwat keeps saying that Islam came with invaders. In fact, it came via traders, scholars and saints, much before the first Muslim invaders came to India. What if one questions Bhagwat’s ancestry?” he asked.

Owaisi said forcible conversion was a lie. The problem is that Bhagwat and his ilk cannot accept that people born in modern India are Indian citizens. It is irrelevant where their forefathers came from.

In another tweet, he criticised Bhagwat and BJP chief JP Nadda for statements on Gyanvapi mosque. “Who is Bhagwat or Nadda to give an ‘assurance’ on these issues? Letb @PMOIndia give a clear message that he stands by 1991 law. If yes, all these Hindutva upstarts will have to stop,” he tweeted.

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