Jailed gangster and previous MP Atiq Ahmad and his spouse on Tuesday joined AIMIM in presence of its leader Asaduddin Owaisi drawing a sharp response from the BJP which stated Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will now no longer allow “Jinnah’s jihadi mentality” to flourish in Uttar Pradesh.
Owaisi inducted former Samajwadi Party chief Ahmad and his spouse claiming that the SP Muslims SP and Bahujan Samaj Party used Muslims as slaves of their parties.
Defending his selection to induct Ahmad, who has numerous criminal instances lodged in opposition to him, Owaisi additionally asserted that even several BJP leaders are dealing with numerous instances.
“In UP, 37 per cent of BJP MLAs have criminal cases. 116 BJP MPs have serious criminal cases and most of them have cases related to crime against women,” Owaisi said.
While inducting Ahmad and his wife in AIMIM, Owais also said his party has made all booth-level preparations to contest 100 out of a total of 403 assembly seats in UP.
“Muslims used to do ‘gulami’ (slavery) of Samajwadi Party and BSP and raise slogans in their favour and to make their government. But when it comes to giving them participation, they did not talk,” he said “The AAP, SP, BSP did not want anyone from the Muslim community to emerge as a leader. As I am talking of giving participation to Muslims, they are feeling uncomfortable,” he said.
“When it comes to giving participation and representation to the Muslims, they say it will increase communalism. The SP-BSP contested elections together, yet the BJP won. Muslims had given them votes. Where all those votes have gone?” he said. Owaisi asserted that his party’s objective is to defeat BJP, Owaisi said he is with Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party and other parties are also with them.