Samaikyandhra, Jaiandhra Activists Clash In Vijayawada

Thursday at Prakasam barrage when Samaikyandhra and Jaiandhra activists got involved in a verbal duel in front of the Sri Potti Sriramulu statue here. The incident took place when both groups gathered to garland the statue of Sri Potti Sriramulu on his death anniversary.

While a group led by Congress leaders Konjeti Ramesh, Kolanukonda Sivaji and CL Kantha Rao shouted pro-Samaikya Andhra slogans, the group headed by BJP leader Jagannatha Raju raised their voices in favour of Jai Andhra. The two groups had soon started jostling each other with the fracas continuing for half-an-hour. Police reached the spot and pacified the warring groups.

Samaikya Andhra JAC convenor Kolanukonda Sivaji said that it was unfortunate that BJP leaders were trying to drive a wedge between the people of the two regions for political gains. "They have insulted Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu who gave his life for the formation of Andhra Pradesh," he said. He demanded that BJP leaders apologise immediately and withdraw all future programmes in support of Jai Andhra.

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.