Owaisi warns the TRS and the Congress to be wary of the BJP

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi warned the TRS and the Congress to be wary of the BJP, which was trying to gain ground in Telangana, and said they must share the responsibility of stopping the saffron party. 

During the meeting with district unit leaders in Darussalam, the MIM party headquarters on Sunday, Owaisi cautioned Muslims not to succumb to the designs of the BJP and right-wing groups. He attempted to dispel misconceptions about the saffron party's growth in the state. 

Despite its overtures, he said the BJP would remain in the third place in the state. However, he warned that the parties claiming to be in the first and second place-meaning the TRS and the Congress-



should be wary of its tactics, "putting the entire burden on the Muslim leadership, these parties are abdicating their responsibilities. Those who act arrogantly should guard their positions, he said. 

Owaisi questioned the TRS leaders' silence on Union finance minister N Sitharaman's statements on CM K Chandrasekhar Rao taking a tantrik's advice. He said that TRS leaders should have challenged her allegation and questioned her if religious beliefs were patented by the BJP. Had I commented, I would have been labelled anti-Hindu. When a BJP leader commented, the TRS remained silent. Had not the BJP changed its name from Janata Party?  What is the harm in changing TRS's name, he wondered.