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The Hyderabad MP accused the prime minister of wanting to bring in a Hindu Civil Code and target India's Muslims and humiliate them.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi questioned why Modi was comparing India to Pakistan and Egypt regarding triple talaq. (South First)
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday, 27 June, attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for favouring a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), alleging that he wants to target Muslims and bring in a “Hindu Civil Code”.
He also hit out at the prime minister over his remarks on triple talaq and Pasmanda Muslims.
“India’s prime minister is now talking about Uniform Civil Code. Are you going to snatch away pluralism, diversity in the name of Uniform Civil Code?” he asked. He was speaking to reporters in Hyderabad when asked about Modi’s comments at a gathering of BJP workers in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
“…he (Modi) is not talking about Uniform Civil Code. He is talking about ‘Hindu Civil Code’. (They) will treat all Islamic references of practices as illegal and the prime minister will protect Hindu practices under the law,” he alleged.
.@narendramodi made certain comments on Triple Talaq, UCC and Pasmanda Muslims.
It seems Modiji did not understand Obama's advice properly. Will the PM end "Hindu Undivided Family"? Because of HUF, the country is loses ₹3064 crores every year.
On the one hand the PM is…
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) June 27, 2023
Owaisi claimed that Modi should speak about the intention to bring in the UCC in Punjab and see what would be the reaction there. “The prime minister wants to talk about Hindu Civil Code, wants to bring it in. That is his purpose. The purpose is to target India’s Muslims and humiliate them,” he added.
He alleged that Modi does not accept uniformity and equality, and wants to give exception to Hindus and outlaw Muslim religious practices.
The AIMIM chief quoted BR Ambedkar as having said that the UCC should be voluntary.
The prime minister pushed for implementation of a UCC in the country and said that Muslims are being instigated over the sensitive issue, as he attacked Opposition parties over corruption. He termed their Patna conclave as a mere “photo-op”.
यूनिफॉर्म सिविल कोड के नाम पर आजकल मुस्लिमों को भड़काया जा रहा है, लेकिन हमें यह याद रखना है… pic.twitter.com/Zj4uUtDxSB
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 27, 2023
“Triple talaq was abolished in Egypt 80-90 years ago. If it is necessary, then why has it been abolished in Pakistan, Qatar, and other Muslim-dominated nations,” Modi said in the meeting in Bhopal.
Reacting to the prime minister’s remarks, Owaisi said that though the (National Democratic Alliance) NDA government made a law against triple talaq, it did not make any difference at the ground level.
“Citing Pakistan, Modi ji has said that there is a ban on triple talaq. Why is Modi ji getting his inspiration from Pakistani law? He even made a law against triple talaq here, but it did not make any difference at the ground level. Rather, the exploitation of women has increased further. We have always been demanding that social reform will not happen through laws. If a law has to be made, then it should be made against those men who flee from their marriages,” he tweeted.
Owaisi wondered what Indian Muslims have to do with Pakistan and Egypt, or any other country. “Do you consider them to be big and consider us as less? This is, (he is) speaking anti-national things,” he said.
In his tweet, Owaisi charged that, on the one hand, the prime minister is shedding crocodile tears for Pasmanda Muslims and, on the other hand, his pawns are attacking their mosques, taking away their livelihoods, bulldozing their homes and lynching them.
Opposing reservations for backward Muslims, the NDA government has stopped scholarships for poor Muslims, Owaisi alleged.
“If Pasmanda Muslims are being exploited, what is Modi doing about it? Before seeking votes from Pasmanda Muslims, BJP workers should go door-to-door and apologise that their spokespersons and MLAs tried to insult our Dear Prophet,” he asked in the tweet.
“Pasmanda” is a term for backward classes among Muslims.
Talking about the mosque that was “sacrificed” during the construction of the new Secretariat complex of Telangana, Owaisi said that the state government should build the mosque in the complex.
Owaisi, who is also the Hyderabad MP, asserted that an Islamic centre, construction of metro rail in the old city, and other issues should be taken up. He added that while communal riots have not happened in Telangana in the last nine years, “Communalism is growing in Telangana,” he claimed.
Referring to Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao meeting Union ministers in Delhi regarding state-related issues, the parliamentarian said that if the Modi government does not act on his requests, KTR would tell people during the elections that he had made representation on development issues to the Centre but the Union government did not respond.
Similarly, he is also seeking and raising development works in the old city and those related to minorities (with the state government) to be completed, Owaisi said.
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