AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday dared Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to utter Babri Masjid’s title whereas looking for votes from Muslims. Addressing a public assembly in Maharashtra, Owaisi mentioned Muslims in India are duty-bound to guard mosques and they need to assume that the Babri masjid “still exists”.

“Muslims should never forget December 6, 1992. They should keep in mind that Babri Masjid still exists and will remain so, otherwise another Babri (incident) will happen. Muslims should remember Babri like Jews remember the Holocaust,” he mentioned.

The AIMIM president, who has been making an attempt to extend the get together’s footprint outdoors Telangana, urged the viewers to query the dedication of Congress, NCP, and different so-called secular events to the reason for communal concord.

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He urged them to ask a single, potent query when these events come looking for votes: “Can you say Babri Masjid with your own tongue or not?”

The reference to Babri Masjid, a mosque in Ayodhya demolished in 1992 by Hindu extremists, stays a deeply emotive and polarising challenge. By invoking the Babri Masjid, he aimed to attract consideration to the failure of mainstream events to guard the pursuits of Muslim communities and uphold secular values.

Owaisi mentioned Congress chief Ashok Chavan becoming a member of the BJP sheds mild on the “real team of RSS and the B team of BJP”.

Targeting the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Owaisi mentioned Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was not “anti-Muslim” however the Sangh tries to painting him as “anti-Islam”.

“Ashok Chavan quit Congress to join BJP. I heard Kamal Nath may follow suit. AIMIM was once called the B team of BJP. Now tell me, which is the real team of the RSS? Which is the real team of the BJP?” he requested.

He additionally took potshots at NCP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

“I have heard that he (Ajit Pawar) is fielding his wife against his sister (Supriya Sule). What’s happening in the politics of Maharashtra?” Owaisi requested.