Asaduddin Owaisi lashes out at Yogi Adityanth on 'Nizam' remark; says, 'I'm No. 1 citizen of India, not a tenant'

Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party president on Wednesday targeted at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath again over his 'flee like Nizam' comment at him. Owaisi said Indian Muslims had rejected Muhammad Ali Jinnah's two-nation theory and he is a citizen of this country "by choice".

"I am number one citizen of India, an equal citizen and I am not a tenant," Mr Owaisi told reporters at Hyderabad Press Club.

AIMIM chief and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad was attacking Yogi Adityanth's latest remarks on him at a public rally in poll-bound Telangana, where he said Owaisi would have to "run away" from Hyderabad, just like the Nizam, if the BJP came to power in the state.
Unlike Yogi, he said, he is an Indian "by choice".

"We (Indian Muslims) rejected Jinnah's theory. We always accept that India is our homeland. You cannot treat us as second-class citizens. The BJP's ideology is to treat Muslims not as equal citizens but as unequal citizens," the AIMIM chief said.

Earlier, attack Yogi over his remark on Sunday, Mr Owaisi had said India is his father's country and no one is running away.

The assembly polling in Telangana is scheduled on December 7 along with Rajasthan and the counting of votes will be done on 11 December, along with 5 other states.

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