Asaduddin Owaisi says AIMIM only party that belongs to Muslims

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi kickstarted his Uttar Pradesh Assembly poll campaign on Friday from Kairana in neighbouring Shamli district here.

Owaisi, who is known for his controversial statements, hit out at the popular political players in the state, especially the ruling Samajwadi Party for “advocating about the rights of minorities only during elections”.

“All parties in Uttar Pradesh have looked at the minorities, backward classes and the deprived sections as vote banks,” he said at an election rally here.

Owaisi asked Muslims to vote for AIMIM as it is the “only party that belongs to the community”. He said that “no one in the SP cared for the blood of his Muslim brothers during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots”.