'Can't Become Doctors, Leaders Watching Reels': Owaisi Urges Youth To Read Newspapers
Owaisi urged the youth to stop wasting time on social media reels and start reading newspapers. He stressed that such distractions hinder their potential to become leaders.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi has advised the youth not to waste their time watching reels on social media and read newspapers.
Addressing the public in Hyderabad, Owaisi also said the youth cannot become leaders, doctors or engineers if they waste their time watching reels.
'I would like to appeal to the youth not to waste their time watching reels. I request you all to read newspapers," Owaisi said.
'You can't become leaders, doctors, engineers, or scientists if you waste time watching reels. How will you answer Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the electoral roll revision?" Owaisi asked.
VIDEO | Hyderabad, Telangana: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) urges youth, saying, 'I would like to appeal to the youth not to waste their time watching reels. I request you all to read newspapers. You can't become leaders, doctors, engineers, or scientists if you… pic.twitter.com/2hR9FRIFRr — Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 15, 2025
On Tuesday, Owaisi had questioned the authority of the Election Commission over determining the citizenship of Indian nationals, accusing them of doing 'NRC through the back door".
This came after the poll body's decision to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls ahead of the Bihar Assembly election.
Speaking to ANI, Owaisi said, 'Who gave the ECI the power to determine whether someone is a citizen or not? Our party was the first to say that SIR is NRC through the back door. "
Owaisi also questioned the result of the last SIR conducted in Bihar in 2003.
'We demand the number of those BLOs. We will ask our party members to meet those BLOs and ask them where the people from Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh are that they are talking about."
'The SIR was conducted in 2003. How many foreign nationals were revealed at that time?" Owaisi asked.
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