BJP’s tyres will also be punctured soon: Owaisi on Tejaswi's jibe
By Amritha Mohan Published on 24 Dec 2019 3:34 PM GMT
Hyderabad: Taking a jibe at BJP MP Tejaswi Surya’s “puncture-wala” comment, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that eventually, BJP’s tyres are also going to be punctured.
On December 23, BJP MP from Bengaluru South Tejaswi Surya had called the people protesting against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) as “puncture-walas” and “illiterates”. “These illiterates — if you cut open their chest, you can’t find two words inside them just like puncture walas — are the only ones opposing this law,” said the MP at a rally in Bengaluru.
Responding to this comment, Asaduddin Owaisi had said, “I am sure that BJP’s tyres will also get punctured soon. It happened in Jharkhand. Besides, this country does not run on elitist thinking. It runs on understanding the difficulties of the ordinary man. He (Tejaswi Surya) is a helpless young fellow and an elitist. What else can he say?”
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party leader further added, “If somebody is a puncture-wala, what is wrong in that? They repair punctured tyres in the sun and rain. He could be a crorepati. How will he know what is the value of a puncture-wala?”
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The AIMIM party could not open a single account in Jharkhand, despite contesting for eight seats in Jharkhand Assembly polls. Speaking to media, Owaisi said, “I thank all those people of Jharkhand who had voted in favour of our party. I am grateful to them, and I have no words to thank them enough. We were not successful this time. Insha Allah, we will work harder for the next, by rectifying our mistakes. I’m sure that in the coming years, the people of Jharkhand will welcome us.”
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