In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Millat Times, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing critique of India’s mainstream political parties, accusing them of “using Muslims as a vote bank” while denying them leadership and development. Speaking to journalist Shams Tabrez Qasmi in Kishanganj, Owaisi defended his party’s...
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s anti-muslim slurs against Muslim MP Danish Ali in Parliament during a debate in parliament about India’s moon mission is disgusting and reprehensible but not shocking. It is not uncommon in today’s India and Bidhuri’s comments reflect the image of majoritarian democracy. Ramesh Bidhuri’s threatening and islamophobic remarks can be heard calling Muslim...
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav questioned the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh over killing of mafia-turned-politician Atique Ahmed. Targeting Uttar Pradesh police, Yadav said that crime “had reached its peak in the state” and “morale of the criminals is high.” Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav...