No Assembly Resolution on Telangana Required: Advani

Senior BJP leader L K Advani's "Jana Chetna Yatra' is going through Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh now. Addressing a news conference in Nizamabad today (19 October 2011) during his 'Jana Chetna Yatra', he said there was no need for a resolution to be passed by any assembly for the formation of a new state and as such there is no need for the AP Assembly to pass one for carving out a separate Telangana state.

Blaming the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for uncertainty over the Telangana issue, the former deputy prime minister said the demand for Telangana state was 'justified'. "In this particular case if only the government of India makes up its mind with the support of the principal opposition party, namely the BJP, there will be absolutely no difficulty in passing a bill for the formation of Telangana state in the winter session of parliament," he said reiterating that the BJP is ready to support the bill. He predicted that a separate Telangana state would become a reality in 2012. While assuring the people of the region that the BJP would stand by them, he recalled that three new states were created during BJP rule.

Advani, whose yatra entered Telangana from Maharashtra Tuesday evening, will address road shows in Nizamabad, Medak and Ranga Reddy districts before reaching Hyderabad to address a public meeting Wednesday evening. However, he will not be visiting coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, where some groups opposed to bifurcation of the state burnt his effigies protesting his pro-Telangana statements.
 

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.