AIMIM chief Owaisi alleges PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee are ‘two sides of same coin’ i
AIMIM chief Owaisi alleges PM Modi and Mamata Banerjee are ‘two sides of same coin’ in Bengal
M.U.H
14/04/202630
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee of being “two sides of the same coin” while addressing a public meeting in Murshidabad’s Raghunathganj Assembly constituency ahead of the West Bengal polls on Monday.
“… When a video surfaced, I declared that the Majlis would not tolerate the compromising of the interests of Bengal’s Muslims… Tell me, Mamata Banerjee and the TMC: did you not side with the BJP?… PM Modi and Mamata are two sides of the same coin. PM Modi and Mamata are like brother and sister. Mamata had claimed that she would not implement the Waqf Act in Bengal, but she lied merely to secure your votes…” he said.
The remarks followed a “sting video” posted on X by the TMC, where AJUP chief Humayun Kabir purportedly stated he had struck a deal amounting to “Rs 1,000 crore”. AIMIM expressed concerns about the “integrity of Muslims” in response.
Owaisi claimed that Muslims in West Bengal have suffered “grave injustice” and alleged discrimination against the community. He stated, “Grave injustice has been inflicted upon the Muslim minority of Bengal. People tell you to stand by secularism… Is it not true that when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of this country—during the 1960s—approximately 40,000 Muslims from this very Bengal were served notices or were deported from here?…”
Previously, AIMIM had announced the withdrawal of its alliance with Kabir’s party.
The state assembly elections for the 294-member West Bengal Legislative Assembly will be held in two phases on April 23 and April 29, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.
