Desperation Drives Jagan to Delhi

Kadapa MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who is facing CBI probe into the allegations of amassing illegal wealth against him, seems to be too desperate to garner support of the non-Congress parties. He rushed to New Delhi to meet all important opposition leaders over the next 48 hours and seek their support against the alleged witch-hunt launched by the Congress on him and his companies.

Opposition leaders top-on-priority, whom Jagan wants to meet, are BJP's L K Advani, Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj, NCP's Sharad Pawar, CPM leader Prakash Karat, Janata Dal (U) leader Sharad Yadav, representatives of Mulayam's Samajwadi Party, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, Lalu's Rashtriya Janata Dal and other parties.

In his exercise to meet the leaders, Jagan is also likely to attend the Parliament on Monday. The YSR Congress Party sources say that though most of the appointments were yet to be finalized, the Kadapa MP is hopeful that these leaders would give him audience within short notice. "Jagan will call on all opposition leaders, including those from the BJP and BSP, to discuss several issues of common concern," said former minister Balineni Srinivas Reddy.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.