Deccan Chronicle

OWAISI TRYING TO SABOTAGE SECTT MOSQUES’ PROTEST: ALI

- IREDDY SRINIVAS REDDY I DC

Former minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir has alleged that MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi was trying to sabotage the movement launched by the Congress and other organisati­ons seeking reconstruc­tion of two mosques at the same place in the Secretaria­t.

Shabbir Ali, in a media statement on Tuesday, said that Owaisi had been issuing misleading statements to prevent the All India Muslim Personal Board (AIMPLB) from launching an agitation against the demolition of the mosques. He said the AIMPLB held its meeting in Hyderabad on August 16 and gave a two-week deadline to Chief Minister K. Chandrashe­kar Rao to take a favourable decision on reconstruc­tion of the mosques at the same place.

“The AIMPLB deadline expired on August 31. A day before, Owaisi shared a recorded video stating that he was confident that the state government would reconstruc­t the mosques at the same place. He should have specified the basis on which he was giving such a statement,” Shabbir Ali said.

The Congress leader said Chief Minister Rao had not reacted to the demands made by the Congress and Opposition parties on the matter. This clearly showed that the government had deliberate­ly demolished the mosques and had no intention to reconstruc­t them.

SHABBIR ALI, in a media statement on Tuesday, said that Owaisi had been issuing misleading statements to prevent the All India Muslim Personal Board from launching an agitation against the demolition of the mosques.

HE SAID Chief Minister Rao had not reacted to the demands made by the Congress and Opposition parties.

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