AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged that the Modi government is trying to convert India into “Hindu rashtra” with its attempt to impose a Uniform Civil Code (UCC).
The statement came from Hyderabad MP while addressing a public meeting organized by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to oppose UCC.
Owaisi said that by interfering in the Muslim Personal Law, the government was trying to show that Muslims were second class citizens. Stating pluralism and diversity as the strength of the country he said any attempt to destroy secularism would weaken it.
Stating that pluralism and diversity were the strengths and beauty of India, he said any attempt to destroy secularism would weaken the country. Owaisi was addressing a public meeting organized by All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to oppose UCC. The meeting began at 8 p.m. on Wednesday and continued well past midnight.
Police had been deployed as part of regular bandobast for a public meeting. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) had called a meeting to discuss the Uniform Civil Code. Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owasi, a member of the Board, would be one of the speakers.
Owaisi also ridiculed the affidavit filed by the central government in the Supreme Court and said that by comparing Muslims with that of Pakistan, government is insulting not just us but the entire country.
Owaisi pointed out that Pakistan was not a functional democracy firstly and other countries mentioned in the affidavit have either monarchies or were no comparison to India.
He pointed out that Pakistan was not a functional democracy while other countries mentioned in the affidavit have either monarchies or were no comparison to India. The MP dared the government to scrap the special status enjoyed by states like Mizoram and Nagaland and abolish the marriage laws of Goa.
