Bijapur (Karnataka): Asaduddin Owaisi, known to speak his mind, has stoked another controversy by saying that he wishes to see a hijab-wearing woman as India’s Prime Minister.
The AIMIM chief made the comment while speaking to the media after campaigning in Karnataka’s Bijapur for the upcoming municipal corporation elections.
BJP promptly took a jibe at Owaisi, with party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla saying: “Owaisi ji hopes that a hijab-wearing girl becomes PM of India! Well, Constitution bars nobody but do tell us when will a Hijab-wearing girl get to become the President of AIMIM. Let us start with that?”
Owaisi had cited the split verdict in Supreme Court over hijab ban in educational institutions, which has gone to the Chief Justice who will constitute a larger bench to hear the case.
“The judge said it is necessary for Muslim girls to study and, if they want to wear hijab and go for studies, then it is not a problem. It is a very positive judgment,” Owaisi said the AIMIM chief said.
“The BJP think they face danger from halal meat, Muslims’ caps and their beards. They have problems with our food habits. The party is against Muslim identity… The PM’s words ‘Sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas’ are empty rhetoric. The BJP’s real agenda is to end India’s diversity and Muslim identity,” Owaisi remarked.
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