Narendra Modi, Mamta Banerjee practicing same politics of communalism: Asaduddin Owaisi
Chennai: All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said she and Narendra Modi are practicing the same politics of communalism.
Speaking to media reporters at a Tamil Nadu Airport, Owaisi condemned Banerjee’s statement wherein she claimed that she was an upper-caste Hindu woman and said she belonged from Shandilya gotra.
“If she is proudly saying that she belongs to an upper-caste Brahman community and that her gotra is Shandilya, then where should Muslims and Dalits of West Bengal go? Muslims and Dalits are not part of this Verna system. That is why I condemn her statement” Owaisi told reporters adding that she is practicing the politics of communalism like Narendra Modi and BJP.
“I don’t find any difference between what she is saying in the election campaign and what the BJP is saying. Mamta Banerjee and Narendra Modi are made for each other,” he added.
Earlier in a Tweet, Owaisi had raised a similar question over Banerjee’s gotra remark asking where should people like him who aren’t Shandilya or Janeudhari and bhakts of certain gods go.
“What should happen to people like me who aren’t Shandilya or Janeudhari, aren’t bhakts of certain gods, don’t recite Chalisa or any Path? Every party feels that it has to show its Hindu credentials to win. Unprincipled, insulting & unlikely to succeed” Owaisi had written in the tweet.
Barrister @asadowaisi addressed media in Tamil Nadu #TamilNaduElections2021 https://t.co/5E4tr8Df5p
— AIMIM (@aimim_national) March 31, 2021
What should happen to people like me who aren’t Shandilya or Janeudhari, aren’t bhakts of certain gods, don’t recite Chalisa or any Path? Every party feels that it has to show its Hindu credentials to win. Unprincipled, insulting & unlikely to succeedhttps://t.co/FwbuEITnrb
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) March 31, 2021
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Telangana CM urges Amit Shah to increase sanctioned strength of IPS officers in state
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.
The two leaders also discussed the recent surrender of several senior Maoist leaders before the Telangana Police and other issues.
"During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the issue of Maoist surrenders and their rehabilitation. The chief minister informed Shah that significant improvements in policing have taken place in Telangana over the past two years," an official release here said.
Highlighting that 591 Maoists have laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society during this period, the chief minister said the state government was providing them compensation and rehabilitation assistance as per the rules.
He requested the Union home minister to extend financial support from the central government for development works in the backward regions of the state.
Reddy also urged Shah to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state from 83 to 105 in line with the state's growing administrative and security needs, the statement said.
The first cadre review after the formation of Telangana was conducted in 2016, while the next review, due in 2021, was delayed and finally carried out in 2025. Even then, only seven additional IPS officers were allocated to the state, the chief minister informed Shah and requested that the third cadre review be conducted in 2026 as per the schedule.
Reddy explained that Telangana, like the rest of the country, is facing several modern challenges, including cybercrime, drug trafficking, white-collar crimes, and other emerging security threats.
He highlighted the reorganisation of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri Police Commissionerates, the proposed formation of the Future City Commissionerate and the rapidly growing population in Hyderabad to underline the increasing administrative requirements of the state.
