Andhra CM Kiran Reddy, Akabaruddin Owaisi engage in war of words
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HYDERABAD: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and MIM leader AkbaruddinOwaisiengaged in a war of words over secular credentials of the Congress, in the Assembly on Saturday. The CM was particularly enraged at Owaisi's remark that he was not questioning the secular credentials of Congress but of the Kiran Reddy's government, and alleged him of vindictive politics.
"I am sorry my friend I am not like that," the CMsaid addressing Owaisi. "I am not against anybody, but at the same time I am not scared on any one. In my view, all are equal. And that is my government's policy as well," Kiran Reddy said.
Taking part in the discussion on home minister Sabitha Indira Reddy's statement on the arrests of Telangana leaders during Sadak Band, Owaisi said Kiran Kumar Reddy government was indulging in vindictive politics and the cases on the charges of sedition and waging war against the state were booked against him just because MIM took back support given to his government.
"The Sanga Reddy case against my brother Assaduddin Owaisi was re-opened after years, and I was booked for sedition and waging war against the state. These happened only after MIM took back support from the government. It is a clear case of political vendetta," Owaisi said.
Alleging that the government used the services of a software company to fix him for his alleged hate speech and the national channels were made to carry it as a campaign. However, he thanked Kiran Reddy for it because it just made him more famous.
The chief minister shot back to say, "The whole country watched on TV what Akbaruddin Owaisihad spoken. The government was nothing to do with his arrest. People know how it happened, and the issue is pending in the court."
Owaisis said his brother and he were targeted by vested interests, and warned that they would get a fitting reply. "Soon two Reddy brothers would be behind bars. Just wait and see," Owaisi said.
The CM said, "I don't have anything against the Owiaisi brothers. In fact, Assaduddin Owaisi is my friend and I respect him. My government would never take sides, and the arrests of Owaisis happened in accordance of law."
Attacking Congress for its defective minority policy, Owaisi said over 50,000 communal clashes occurred across the country in Congress rule. The reports of Sachar Committee and Ranganath Misra committee were put on backburner. Debunking the Kiran Reddy's claim that his government had enhanced fund allocation to the minority welfare by whopping 113 % in the state budget ( from last year's Rs. 482 crore to Rs. 1020 crore) , Owaisi said it was meager compared to Rs. 1,61,348 crore, the total size of the budget which he put it at less than 1 %.
Hitting back Kiran Reddy said, "Owiasi need not teach me what secularism is. I am secular, and my constituency (Pileru in Chittoor) there are 35,000 Muslims, and we are winning from there from past 30 years.
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It has been proved time and again that the Congress party does not tolerate its political rivals and whoever questions the party leadership has to face the music whether it is the party high command in Delhi or Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy in the state.
It was thoroughly exposed in the state assembly once again on Saturday, when MIM legislature Akbaruddin Owaisi made a scathing attack on Kiran government for specifically targeting him, just because the MIM had withdrawn its support to the Congress party.
"YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy was sent to jail only because he had come out of the Congress party. A seven-year old case was dug out to put my brother Asaduddin Owaisi behind bars. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi legislators were arrested now only because they had moved a no-confidence motion against the Kiran government in the assembly. All this shows the kind of political vendetta by the Congress," Akbaruddin argued.
He indirectly alleged the Congress party's hand behind posting of his so-called "inflammatory speech" at Nirmal on the internet. "I know who had posted the speech on the net and how much money they had spent for the same," Owaisi said.
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