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Hyderabad
MP Owaisi urges northeast people to stay
Friday August 17, 2012 06:11:57 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi
Friday assured people of the northeast region living in Hyderabad
of protection and advised them not to leave the city.
The Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad told them that they are equal
citizens of India, free to live here.
Addressing a gathering at the historic Makkah Masjid here on the
occasion of Jumat-ul-vida or last Friday of Ramadan, the MP said he
visited Anjaiahnagar and Siddiqnagar areas and reassured people
from the northeast.
"I told them we are not like Bodo militants who rendered four lakh
Muslims homeless in Assam. We will protect you," he said.
Owaisi alleged that the rumours were a conspiracy of the Sangh
Parivar and appealed to people not to fall prey to their designs.
The MIM chief wondered why police failed to trace the elements
behind the SMSes and offered to crack the case in four hours if
the 48-hour call data record of all service providers was given to
him.
Owaisi, who visited relief camps in Assam last week, urged Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh to rehabilitate four lakh people who were
made refugees in their own country.
The MP reiterated his remark made in Parliament that refugees in
Assam could take to militancy. "Even if 25 youth become militants
they can become a threat to all of us and to the entire country,"
he cautioned.
He condemned BJP leader L.K. Advani's statement that the refugees
were Bangladeshi and reminded him that he too came from Pakistan.
"They are all Indians and will always remain Indians. Why should
anyone fear that if any district in Assam becomes Muslim majority,
it will join Bangladesh? We will sacrifice our lives but we will
not allow even a single district to become part of Bangladesh," he
said.
"I have never seen such devastation. Those rendered homeless have
only one set of clothes, the ones they have on. Thousands of women
are malnourished and children suffer from various diseases," said
Owaisi while sharing his experiences in Assam.
The MIM leader said he also visited Bodo relief camps and
distributed relief. "We don't discriminate between Bodos and non-Bodos.
All are Indians," he said.
Owaisi announced that MIM would soon send 20,000 packets
containing milk powder for children, iron-fortified powder for
malnourished women and other medical supplies to alleviate the
sufferings of those in Assam's relief camps.
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