BJP is trying to end Muslim identity: Asaduddin Owaisi

Vijayapura: The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi ruled out any possible alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular) for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday at Vijayapura (Bijapur) at an election campaign, Owaisi said that last time at the request of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo K Chandrashekar Rao the AIMIM did not contest the elections and campaigned for the Janata Dal (S). “This time it won’t happen like that,” Owaisi said.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was against “Muslim identity”.

“They think they have danger from halal meat, Muslims’ caps, and their beards. They



have problems with their food habits. The party is actually against Muslim identity,” the AIMIM chief said.

He further alleged that BJP’s real agenda is to end India’s diversity.

“PM’s words ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas’ are empty rhetoric. BJP’s real agenda is to end India’s diversity and Muslim identity,” Owaisi added.

The AIMIM is contesting elections in four wards in the upcoming Bijapur Municipal Corporation which will be held on October 28. “I have come here to campaign for our candidates,” said the AIMIM chief.

The AIMIM’s entry into Karnataka will have limited impact, at best. However, wherever it makes a difference, it will affect either the Congress of Janata Dal(S).