Hyderabad:AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal was also an offshoot of RSS, like the BJP, and charged that the party’s government in Delhi had not opened schools in mohallas where large numbers of minorities live and was instead dumping garbage there.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Owaisi, the Hyderabad MP, opined that the AAP and BJP follow the same ideology. He raised doubts on the way AAP leaders Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia got bail in different cases.
On asking whether the AIMIM would field those who were accused of involvement in the Delhi riots, Owaisi hit back by questioning which party gave tickets to those involved in anti-Sikh riots after the killing of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
He also stated that the BJP gave tickets to many persons involved in different cases. On insisting that the MIM is giving tickets to those involved in communal riots, Asaduddin said his party would give tickets to all those who are legally eligible to contest the elections.
Asked about the alleged role of a gangster, said to be operating from Pakistan, in the Sambhal riots in Uttar Pradesh, Owaisi asked who was responsible for the death of five persons in police firing. Stating that 80 local youths have been arrested so far, Owaisi questioned how a police outpost could be placed near the masjid, which is an ASI-protected monument.
The documents with the Sunni Wakf Board claim the ownership of the structure in Sambhal. If the claim of the Wakf Board was wrong, the government can file a case against it, he said.
