Asaduddin Owaisi responds to Modi’s ‘Speed breaker’ jibe at AIMIM; says "yes we proudly own it"
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President and MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday replied to the Prime Minister Modi’s ‘Speed breaker’ jibe at his party, which the prime minister took at a rally recently in Telangana.
Modi had said recently that his government was trying to speed up the developmental work and infrastructure in the Hyderabad but its pace of development was being hampered by a ‘speed breaker’ named Majlis taking a cue at the AIMIM.
Owaisi, who was addressing a party rally, added that the party proudly owns the tag of ‘Speed breaker’ as it hampers the speed of those trying to break the unity among communities.
“Yes we are definitely a speed breaker. We are speed breaker for those who want to break the unity between Hindu and Muslims, we are speed breaker against those who will not give justice to SC, ST and minority communities, we are speed breaker against those who are against the composite culture of this country” he said.
He later shared a part of the video of his speech on his official twitter handle and captioned it “This is Hyderabad, yahan aap ko daudne ki ijaazat nahi hai” (This is Hyderabad; you cannot escape here)".
@PMOIndia, you called Majlis a 'speed breaker' & we proudly own it. We're a speed breaker against anyone who wants to destroy our Constitution & tehzeeb.
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) April 3, 2019
This is Hyderabad, yahan aap ko daudne ki ijaazat nahi hai pic.twitter.com/HP5yMAe006
Earlier, Asaduddin’s brother Akbaruddin also took a dig at PM Modi’s statement in a video that was widely being shared on social media. He said that the constituency where Modi was terming the AIMIM to be a speed breaker, in that very constituency institutions like DRDO is located. “He takes credit of scientists shooting down live satellite, but he forgets that the research for that was done from this constituency” he said.
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
