No patriotic Muslim can have regard for Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday, while remarking that the minority community in Maharashtra and India were “not Aurangzeb’s descendants”.
Mr. Fadnavis, who was speaking in Nagpur, was responding to a question over the latest furore over the 17th century Mughal Emperor after slogans glorifying Aurangzeb were reportedly uttered at a rally held by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi in Buldhana district on Saturday.
“Nobody in either Maharashtra or in the country has Aurangzeb’s blood running in them. So, who are these sons of Aurangzeb that have risen suddenly? The Muslims in this country are not his descendants…Aurangzeb had come here to oppress Hindus. Tales of his atrocities can run to thousands of pages. So, no patriotic Muslim can regard Aurangzeb,” Mr. Fadnavis, who is also the State’s Home Minister, said.
