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Hitting out at AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for demanding reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena today said that if the minority leader wants his demands to be met on religious grounds, then he should go to Pakistan and try his antics there.

Terming Owaisi’s speeches "hateful", the Sena said that the Devendra Fadnavis government should file a case against him and start legal proceedings.

"(Asaduddin) Owaisi is insisting that Muslims should get reservation akin to the Marathas. Such insistence had caused the separation of Pakistan from India. Hatred for Hindus compelled a section of Muslims to take control over Pakistan. Hence Owaisi may try and get his demands based on religious grounds fulfilled in Pakistan," said an edit piece in the Sena mouthpiece, ’Saamana’.

It added that the minority community will have to respect India as their motherland.
"They (minority community) will have to respect the Uniform Civil Code and stop demanding the continuation of Article 370 for Kashmir. Asking for reservations while continuing with religious rants will not work," it said.

"Owaisi says ’Muslims have suffered a lot and hence I speak up for them’. But will he give a count of the sufferings of Hindus due to the terrorist activities of extremist Muslims? If extremists start communal violence and terrorist activities after listening to his speeches... Owaisi’s speeches should be termed as hateful and action should be taken against him," the Sena said.

Addressing a public gathering in Nagpur on Saturday night, Owaisi, the 45-year-old Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, had demanded reservation for backward Muslims in government jobs and educational institutes in Maharashtra.

Claiming that "injustice" has been done to Muslims in Maharashtra, Owaisi had blamed the more than 50 years of Congress rule at the Centre and the Congress-NCP and Shiv Sena -BJP governments in the state for the prevailing backwardness of minority community members.

Earlier News:

AIMIM chief Owaisi demands quota for backward Muslims in Maharashtra

All India Majlis Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday demanded reservation for backward Muslims in government jobs and educational institutes in Maharashtra.

“Mr Prime Minister, in your speech in Parliament, you referred to your vision of ‘Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas’ (together with all, development for all). Therefore, you (PM) should pick up the phone and tell Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to extend the benefit of quota to backward Muslims so as to improve their living conditions,” he said.

The 45-year-old Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad was addressing a public gathering here last night. Braving unseasonal drizzle, a large number of people attended the rally, Owaisi’s first in Nagpur, which headquarters RSS.

Claiming that “injustice” has been done to Muslims in Maharashtra, Owaisi blamed the over 50 years of rule of Congress at the Centre and Congress-NCP and Shiv Sena-BJP administrations in the state for the prevailing backwardness among the minority community members.

Quoting figures from Sachchar Committee and a number of other panels and also Minorities Commission, he painted a grim picture of the living conditions of Muslims across Maharashtra and said they lack access to even basic amenities.

He said education level among Muslim children and youth was abysmally low. “In this backdrop, why is the state denying the socially, educationally and economically backward giving hat is their due?” Owaisi asked.

The current BJP-Sena Government refused to introduce a Bill in the last Winter Session of Assembly to replace an ordinance brought by the erstwhile Congress-NCP administration on Muslim reservation in jobs and education, he said.

“I am always accused of making communal statements and controversial remarks. But I am the one who calls spade a spade. Why don’t those accusing me of being intemperate ponder over the serious issues I raise?” he asked.

“Let the RSS bosses here get the message loud and clear –I will not sit quiet till this demand of reservation for Muslims is accepted,” asserted Owaisi.

He ridiculed suggestions that the Hyderabad-based AIMIM, which won two Assembly seats in Maharashtra in last Assembly election, was a ‘BJP creation’ to wean away Muslims and Dalits from the Congress party.

Owaisi maintained he was against the ideology of Hindutva, but not against Hindus.