Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi calling Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao as a 'true Hindu' has not gone down well with the Congress party.
"With less than five days left for the polling for Lok Sabha elections, neither TRS nor MIM has come up with a manifesto with the list of promises they plan to fulfil if they are voted to power. Now they are trying to polarise the elections by raising the 'Hindu-Muslim' topic," Hyderabad City Congress Committee leader Sameer Waliullah said.
Sameer said it earlier MIM leaders used to call anyone opposing their party as 'non-Muslim'. Now they appear to have taken the agency to also distribute certificates on being 'Hindus'.
"While BJP and RSS give the certification for 'patriotism' and 'nationalism', MIM is giving certification for being 'Muslims' or 'True Hindus'. Both MIM and TRS are trying to communalise the elections to divert people's attention from real issues," he said.
The Congress leader said that the statement of Asaduddin Owaisi would only benefit BJP as it would polarise voters on the basis of religion.
"Instead of representing the community and region he belongs to and talking about their issues, he is crossing all limits to hurt the interest of secular forces across the country. While all secular parties are fighting against the Hindutva forces, he is trying to strengthen them by making provocative statements," he said.
Sameer asked Owaisi to specify as to what led him to believe that KCR was a 'true Hindu'.
"KCR has been a Modi-Bhakt since beginning. He never raised his voice against Modi for attacks on minorities in the name of cow slaughter or love jihad. TRS MPs supported the Modi Government on Triple Talaq Bill.
"There is not a single policy of BJP Government like demonitisation or GST which was not supported by TRS. But Asaduddin Owaisi is supporting KCR which would eventually help the BJP. Both KCR and Owaisi are followers of 'Moditva' and they want to damage the secular forces in the country," he said.