Owaisi accuses BJP and Congress of denying Muslims political agency
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi says the BJP and Congress have failed to provide Muslims with meaningful political representation. Speaking at the India Today Conclave South, the Hyderabad MP accused successive governments of treating the community mainly as a vote bank rather than as an equal political stakeholder.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has accused India’s two major national parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, of failing to ensure meaningful political representation for Muslims. Speaking at the India Today Conclave South on Tuesday, Owaisi said successive governments had treated Muslims as a vote bank rather than as an equal political stakeholder. He argued that no political party wanted Muslims to develop an independent political agency.
According to Owaisi, this included parties that present themselves as secular. The Hyderabad MP also alleged that such parties lacked the intellectual honesty required to defend minority interests and empower Muslims politically. The supplied material does not provide a response from either the BJP or the Congress to his comments.
Owaisi’s remarks centred on representation and political autonomy rather than on a specific election or policy. He said the problem was shared across party lines, although his criticism covered both the BJP and Congress. The available report contains no further details about the event, including whether other speakers addressed Muslim representation or whether the parties named responded during the conclave.
His comments therefore constitute the central claim reported from the appearance.
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