All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi criticised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comments on the Gyanvapi Masjid case and Indians having the same ancestral lineage. He questioned what if one questioned Mr Bhagwat’s ancestry.
Taking to Twitter, Mr Owaisi stated, “Today’s Muslims - even if their ancestors were Hindu - are citizens of India by virtue of the Constitution. What if one starts saying that Bhagwat’s ancestors were forcibly converted from Buddhism?”
Mr Owaisi disagreed with the RSS Sarsanghchalak, and pointed out that Islam first came to India by means of trade and scholarship. He maintained that forcible conversion “is a lie” and that Mr Bhagwat and his followers are unable to accept that “people born in modern India are Indian citizens”, even as he pointed out that it is irrelevant “where their ancestors came from, or who they are, or what they did.”
