Mr. Asaduddeen Owaisi, the President of the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) commented about the Taliban-Afghanistan matter.
On the 2nd of September, during a press meet, the AIMIM President questioned the double standards adopted by the Central Government on the Taliban matter. Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled Central Government of being confused with the Taliban matter. Mr. Owaisi asked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP Government to either de list the terrorists of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network from the United Nation (U.N.,) Sanction Committee or declare them a terrorist organisations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in India. The comments were made in the wake of anti Muslim fight in India due to the Taliban matter. Muslims in India are being criticised and called Talibani, due to the ongoing Afghanistan-Taliban issue.
Mr. Asaduddeen Owaisi highlighted the same and said, “(The) BJP should stop calling poor Muslims as Talibani.” Addressing a press conference he said, “The Prime Minister Narendra Modi Government should also tell the country whether the Taliban is a terrorist organisation or not. If they say that yes, the Taliban is a terrorist organisation, then they should further clarify whether they will list the Taliban and the Haqqani Network on the terror list of UAPA. And if the Modi government does not think that the Taliban is a terrorist organisation, then the BJP and its leaders should stop calling everybody a Talibani (sic.)”
Mr. Asaduddeen Owaisi continued, “Every day, this is happening. If a poor Muslim man is selling vegetables on the road, he is termed a Talibani. If anybody politically opposes the BJP, irrespective of religion, they give them the title of Talibani.”
The AIMIM Chief also questioned the brief of the recently held Taliban-India talks. On the 31st of August, Indian representatives in Afghanistan held talks with the Taliban force, regarding Indian soil and mining rights of India in Afghanistan. On Tuesday, Indian ambassador to Qatar Deepak Mittal met the head of the Taliban’s political office, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai in Doha.
Referring to the same, Mr. Asaduddeen Owaisi asked, “Did the Government of India clearly ask that representative of the Taliban that, will our mining rights in Hajigak still continue? And the most important thing is that the Indian Government is the Chairman of the UN Sanction Committee. Then will they (the Indian Government) de-list the terrorists of the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.”
Besides the Taliban-Afghanistan issue, Mr. Owaisi also commented on the future action of the AIMIM for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. It is to be noted, the AIMIM is contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 100 seats. To establish the party’s name and strengthen it in Uttar Pradesh, the AIMIM leaders and the President are going to visit villages and districts in U.P. Speaking about his visit, Mr. Owaisi said, “I’ll be visiting Rudauli in Faizabad district on September 7, Sultanpur on September 8 and Barabanki on September 9. In the coming days, we will visit more areas of Uttar Pradesh in view of upcoming assembly polls to defeat the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state. We have to strengthen the party, meet the people. We want to win over the confidence of the people and also strengthen the party cadres.”
The AIMIM would be contesting against the ruling Mr. Yogi Adityanath led BJP and the Indian National Congress (INC) in the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
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