Descendants of Razakars, how can they talk to us?: BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis slams AIMIM chief Owaisi
Mumbai: As Maharashtra’s Assembly elections draw near, a heated war of words broke out between Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. Fadnavis hit out at Owaisi, saying 'they are descendants of 'Razakars'.
Speaking to media persons during his election rally in Nagpur on Monday, Fadnavis said, “They are descendants of 'Razakars'. The 'Razakars' tortured the people of Marathwada, looted their lands, tried to rape women, and destroyed families. How can they talk to us?”
His remarks come after Owaisi earlier claimed that while his ancestors did jihad against the British, Fadnavis' ancestors were busy writing love letters.
The term 'Razakar', meaning ‘volunteer’ or ‘helper’ in Persian and Urdu, is back in spotlight after the recent conflict in Bangladesh, where now-ousted Sheikh Hasina had referred to the protesting students as 'razakars' or those who had sided with Pakistan during Bangladesh's freedom struggle.
Polling for Maharashtra's 288 assembly seats is set for November 20, with results to be announced on November 23.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
