Jagan to Support Pranab in Presidential Polls

The YSR Congress seems to have decided to vote for UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee. Stating that a formal announcement was exp-ected within a few days, YSR Congress sources said that party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had decided to support Mr Mukherjee over the BJP-sponsored candidate P.A. Sangma.

 

Sources said that the Kadapa MP decided to support the UPA candidate keeping in mind the large number of Muslims who had voted for the YSR Congress in the recent bypolls. They added that Mr Jagan Mohan Reddy wanted to continue with the secular tag of the party. The Kadapa MP had made it clear more than once that he would support either the UPA or a Third Front in the 2014 elections and had clarified that he would never extend support to the BJP-led NDA. The other reason for the YSRC to support Mr Mukherjee is that the latter will most probably become President with or without the par-ty’s support. And since the post is non-political in nature, supporting him will send the right signal about the party’s secular credentials.

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.