India my father's country, nobody can force me to flee: Owaisi to Yogi
December 03, 2018 09:15
India is my father's country. Nobody can force me flee," was how AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi reacted to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's comment that if BJP comes to power in the Telangana, Owaisi will have to flee.
"It is my religious belief that Prophet Adam, when he descended on the Earth from Paradise, came to India. Thus India is my father's country and nobody can force me flee," the Hyderabad MP told an election rally.
Speaking at an election rally of the Bharatiya Janata Party earlier at Tandur, Adityanath had said that if his party comes to power in Telangana, Owaisi will flee the way Nizams had to flee Hyderabad.
Owaisi said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister was ignorant of the history as Nizams did not flee Hyderabad.
"Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan did not flee Hyderabad. He was made 'Raj Pramukh' and when there was war with China, he offered his gold to India," he said.
The MP said he would not be scared by such threats and propaganda. "This is only Yogi's speech but the language and mentality is of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said.
Owaisi said Yogi should speak like a chief minister and uphold the dignity of the office he is holding. He suggested that the Uttar Pradesh chief minister should first take care of his constituency where 150 children die of encephalitis every year.
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