All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi and Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra made sharp interventions during the no-confidence debate on Thursday by raising issues of minorities and majoritarian politics.
Referring to the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) front as “chowkidar” and the Opposition front as “dukandar” (store owner), Mr. Owaisi said neither front opens their mouth when minorities are oppressed. From calling Bilkis Bano’s rapists sanskari (cultured) to previous instances of Muslims being mob-lynched to the more recent incident of a Railway Protection Force (RPF) staff opening fire on Muslim passengers, the AIMIM leader said that an atmosphere of hate was prevalent.
“In recent times in a train, a uniformed terrorist after killing his senior went to different compartments, asked names, saw beards and then killed Muslims after saying that if you want to stay in this country, you have to vote for Modi. I want to know from the government if this is not an excellent example of radicalism and extremism? If it is so what is the government going to do about it,” he said.
