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India Today
18-05-2025
- Politics
- India Today
BJP keeps winning elections because Opposition is 'nakaam': Asaduddin Owaisi
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said the BJP has been consistently winning elections across the country as it has consolidated the Hindu votes and that the Opposition is a failure (nakaam).Owaisi made the remarks when asked whether his party was the 'B-team' of the BJP, a charge repeatedly raised by opposition parties. He said that attempts to blame him were nothing but the Opposition's 'hatred' for his party, which largely represents BJP is coming to power because the opposition is 'nakaam'. It is winning elections because it has consolidated almost 50 per cent of the Hindu votes," he told news agency PTI on Saturday. "How can you put the blame on me, tell me? If I contest in Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Kishanganj and a few other seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the BJP gets 240 seats, am I responsible?" he parties like the Congress have lashed out at Owaisi's attempts to grow his AIMIM outside its Hyderabad stronghold, alleging that he ends up benefitting the BJP by taking away a chunk of votes, mostly the five-time Hyderabad MP hit back, accusing opposition parties of taking the Muslim votes for granted and paying little heed to their real every segment of society has a semblance of political leadership and that's acceptable to you, but you don't want Muslims to have a semblance of political voice, political leadership," he if his remarks were aimed at the Congress, Owaisi said he was referring to all parties, including the BJP, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP)."Yadav will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. Upper caste will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. How is that fair, tell me?" the AIMIM chief remarks came at a time when he has earned accolades for his strong statements on Pakistan following the deadly April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. At the same time, he has drawn backlash from some people for his recent Owaisi is also a part of the seven all-party delegations that will visit partner countries to brief their governments on Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and India's Operation the PTI interview, Owaisi also underlined that Muslims have only 4 per cent participation in the legislatures and Parliament, despite the community being the largest minority group in the country with nearly 15 per cent of the asserted that India cannot achieve the 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India) goal by 2047 by keeping such a large community marginalised and weak."Political parties should stop looking at Muslims as vote banks, and instead work to uplift them, educate them, treat them fairly and give them jobs. Our fight is that we don't want to remain voters. We want to be citizens," he attempts to emerge as a leader with an electoral appeal outside Hyderabad have met with some success as his party has won a few seats, especially those with a large Muslim population, in states like Bihar and Maharashtra in past unabashed championing of Muslim grievances and aspirations has won him admirers in the community across the country.(with inputs from PTI)Trending Reel IN THIS STORY#Asaduddin Owaisi#Bharatiya Janta Party#AIMIM#Hyderabad
The Hindu
18-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP keeps winning because opposition is a failure: Owaisi
The BJP is winning elections consistently because the opposition is a failure (nakaam) and because it has consolidated the Hindu votes, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said, rejecting suggestions that he cuts into anti-Modi votes. "How can you put the blame on me, tell me?" Mr. Owaisi said in an interview to PTI Videos on Saturday. "If I contest in Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Kishanganj and a few other seats in the 2024 Parliamentary elections and BJP gets 240 seats then am I responsible?" Mr. Owaisi said. "BJP is coming to power because the opposition is a failure (nakaam). BJP is winning elections because it has consolidated almost 50% of the Hindu vote," he said, adding that attempts to blame him, and call him BJP's B-Team are nothing but the opposition's "hatred" for his party because it largely represents Muslims. "When every segment of the society has a semblance of political leadership, and that's acceptable to you but you don't want that Muslims should have a semblance of political voice, political leadership," he said. Asked if he was referring to Congress, he said he is referring to all opposition parties, including BSP, SP and BJP. "Yadav will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. Upper caste will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. How is that fair tell me," Mr. Owaisi said. He lamented that the founding fathers of India had envisaged the country as a participatory democracy, "so where is the participation of Muslims?" "When it is a question of India's integrity and security we will come forward and stand by the Indian military. But we do have to talk about the problems inside our homes, no?" He pointed out that despite being the largest minority group in the country with nearly 15% population, Muslims have only 4% participation in legislatures and Parliament. Asked why that is so, he said it's because political parties don't give tickets to Muslims to contest elections, and then people don't vote for Muslims. He cautioned that India cannot achieve the "Viksit Bharat" goal by 2047 by keeping such a large community marginalised and weak. Political parties should stop looking at Muslims as vote banks, and instead work to uplift them, educate them, treat them fairly and give them jobs, he added. "Our fight is that we don't want to remain voters. We want to be citizens." Mr. Owaisi's attempts to emerge as a leader with an electoral appeal outside his citadel have met with some success as his party has won a few seats, especially those with a large Muslim population, in States like Bihar and Maharashtra in past elections.
Time of India
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
BJP keeps winning because opposition is a failure: Owaisi
The BJP is winning elections consistently because the opposition is a failure (nakaam) and because it has consolidated the Hindu votes, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said, rejecting suggestions that he cuts into anti-Modi votes. "How can you put the blame on me, tell me?" Owaisi said in an interview to PTI Videos on Saturday. "If I contest in Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Kishanganj and a few other seats in the 2024 Parliamentary elections and BJP gets 240 seats then am I responsible?" Owaisi said. "BJP is coming to power because the opposition is a failure (nakaam). BJP is winning elections because it has consolidated almost 50 per cent of the Hindu vote," he said, adding that attempts to blame him, and call him BJP's B-Team are nothing but the opposition's "hatred" for his party because it largely represents Muslims. Opposition parties like the Congress have scoffed at Owaisi's attempts to grow his All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party outside its stronghold of the Hyderabad region, saying he ends up benefitting the BJP by taking away a chunk of votes, mostly Muslims. The fifth-term Lok Sabha MP has countered, accusing opposition parties of taking the Muslim votes for granted and paying little heed to their real concerns. Live Events He said, "When every segment of the society has a semblance of political leadership, and that's acceptable to you but you don't want that Muslims should have a semblance of political voice, political leadership," he said. Asked if he was referring to Congress, he said he is referring to all opposition parties, including BSP, SP and BJP. "Yadav will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. Upper caste will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. How is that fair tell me," Owaisi said. He lamented that the founding fathers of India had envisaged the country as a participatory democracy, "so where is the participation of Muslims?" "When it is a question of India's integrity and security we will come forward and stand by the Indian military. But we do have to talk about the problems inside our homes, no?" He pointed out that despite being the largest minority group in the country with nearly 15 per cent population, Muslims have only 4 per cent participation in legislatures and Parliament . Asked why that is so, he said it's because political parties don't give tickets to Muslims to contest elections, and then people don't vote for Muslims. He cautioned that India cannot achieve the "Viksit Bharat" goal by 2047 by keeping such a large community marginalised and weak. Political parties should stop looking at Muslims as vote banks, and instead work to uplift them, educate them, treat them fairly and give them jobs, he added. "Our fight is that we don't want to remain voters. We want to be citizens." Owaisi's attempts to emerge as a leader with an electoral appeal outside his citadel have met with some success as his party has won a few seats, especially those with a large Muslim population, in states like Bihar and Maharashtra in past elections. His unabashed championing of Muslim grievances and aspirations has won him admirers in the community across the country.
