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Monday, July 21, 2008
MIM to vote for UPA
Ending days of speculation Asaduddin Owaisi, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) Member of Parliament from Hyderabad, announced on Sunday that he would vote in favour of the UPA government during the trust vote on July 22.
Owaisi told mediapersons: “Though we have strong reservations over the effect of the nuclear agreement with the US on India’s foreign policy, we have decided to vote for the continuation of the UPA government.”
Owaisi returned from Delhi on Friday night after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. “Our objective is to stop the BJP from forming the government and L K Advani becoming the Prime Minister. Our enemy No 1 is Advani and enemy No 2 is (CPM leader) Prakash Karat. The CPM has camouflaged its anti-Muslim policies under its ideological cloak”, he claimed.
Justifying his support for the UPA government, he reeled out numerous measures the government had taken to instil confidence among the Muslims and lessen their economic and social miseries. On the other hand, he added, both the SP and the BSP had been in power in Uttar Pradesh alternately for several years but they ignored Justice Jagdish Bhalla’s direction to notify the names of the accused in Babri Masjid demolition case since it would have gone against the BJP leadership. Asked what he got in return for his vote for the UPA, Owaisi said: “Rs 5000 crore. This is the amount that would cost to implement the Fatimi sub-committee report to improve the education level among Muslims. The Fatimi sub-committee report has not been tabled in Parliament as yet. I have got the assurance of the Prime Minister on this issue”.
He disclosed that the BSP leaders asked him to vote against the UPA government, which he turned down.
Referring to the growing relations between Telugu Desam Party and BSP, he asked Mayawati to be wary of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu. “His stars are not doing well; whoever he befriends becomes a loser. Babu should take stock of the situation in his own party before trying to topple the UPA government,” he added.
Asked what would be the outcome of the trust vote, he remained non-committal. “I do not have the knowledge of the future. I cannot comment on it. Jeet aur haar lagi huee hai (victory and defeat are closely linked). Let’s see what happens,” said the Hyderabad MP. He blasted CPM for communalising the nuclear deal. “Why shouldn’t they say that Hindus are in favour of the agreement or the Dalits are opposing it? Why bring in the name of the Muslims? Why do you want to fire your gun from my shoulder? The CPM has caused a massive damage to the Muslims (by saying that the Muslims are opposed to it). They have provided a handle to the Hindutva forces,” he alleged.
Owaisi told mediapersons: “Though we have strong reservations over the effect of the nuclear agreement with the US on India’s foreign policy, we have decided to vote for the continuation of the UPA government.”
Owaisi returned from Delhi on Friday night after meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. “Our objective is to stop the BJP from forming the government and L K Advani becoming the Prime Minister. Our enemy No 1 is Advani and enemy No 2 is (CPM leader) Prakash Karat. The CPM has camouflaged its anti-Muslim policies under its ideological cloak”, he claimed.
Justifying his support for the UPA government, he reeled out numerous measures the government had taken to instil confidence among the Muslims and lessen their economic and social miseries. On the other hand, he added, both the SP and the BSP had been in power in Uttar Pradesh alternately for several years but they ignored Justice Jagdish Bhalla’s direction to notify the names of the accused in Babri Masjid demolition case since it would have gone against the BJP leadership. Asked what he got in return for his vote for the UPA, Owaisi said: “Rs 5000 crore. This is the amount that would cost to implement the Fatimi sub-committee report to improve the education level among Muslims. The Fatimi sub-committee report has not been tabled in Parliament as yet. I have got the assurance of the Prime Minister on this issue”.
He disclosed that the BSP leaders asked him to vote against the UPA government, which he turned down.
Referring to the growing relations between Telugu Desam Party and BSP, he asked Mayawati to be wary of TDP president Chandrababu Naidu. “His stars are not doing well; whoever he befriends becomes a loser. Babu should take stock of the situation in his own party before trying to topple the UPA government,” he added.
Asked what would be the outcome of the trust vote, he remained non-committal. “I do not have the knowledge of the future. I cannot comment on it. Jeet aur haar lagi huee hai (victory and defeat are closely linked). Let’s see what happens,” said the Hyderabad MP. He blasted CPM for communalising the nuclear deal. “Why shouldn’t they say that Hindus are in favour of the agreement or the Dalits are opposing it? Why bring in the name of the Muslims? Why do you want to fire your gun from my shoulder? The CPM has caused a massive damage to the Muslims (by saying that the Muslims are opposed to it). They have provided a handle to the Hindutva forces,” he alleged.
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