Mukhtar Naqvi on Owaisi’s Muslims can visit mosques remark: ‘Unnecessary things'

Attacking AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi over his controversial remark for India’s Muslims, BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi called it "unnecessary things on the basis of religion, caste and region". Owaisi made a remark and said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi could visit temples, then they could visit mosques and that their rights were protected by the Constitution.

The Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Naqvi, who is the only Muslim minister in PM Modi's new cabinet, also schooled the AIMIM chief that "Modi has the confidence of 130 crore people of the country".

"Some people talk like this for the sake of their livelihood. Some people talk unnecessary things on the basis of religion, caste and region. This does not help anyone," Mr Naqvi was quoted in a report by news agency ANI.

"Modi-ji has made 130 crore people nation's development shareholders. Till now they (people) have been politically exploited. Now, those shutters are down. People now understand who is their real well-wishers," he added.

Speaking at an event in Hyderabad on Friday, Owaisi, who won from Hyderabad for a fourth consecutive term, also called Muslims "hissedaar (shareholders)" as opposed to "kirayedaar (tenants)".

"India's laws and Constitution give us permission to follow our religion. When India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi can go to a temple, you can also proudly visit a mosque," Asaduddin Owaisi said.

"Securing more than 300 seats is not a huge thing, Because India has a living Constitution, the 300 seats (of the BJP) cannot take away our rights," he added.

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