Medak (Telangana) [India], May 10 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has urged the Election Commission to arrest BJP leader Navneet Rana action for her “provocative statement” and alleged that the BJP was attempting to stoke communal tensions.
During a recent campaign rally in Hyderabad, referencing AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s statement from 2013 that it would take just ’15 minutes’ for his community to show what it could do to ensure demographic balance in the country, Navneet Rana had said that “it would take us 15 seconds (to strike back) if the police were removed or made to stand down”.
Slamming Navneet Rana for her “15 seconds” remark, Reddy urged the Election Commission to respond by taking action against her and arresting her for the offensive statement.
“The Election Commission should book a criminal case against the MP who had made provocative comments and arrest her. I would ask Union Home Minister Amit Shah and PM Narendra Modi, BJP leader has stated that if given 15 seconds, she will see the end of crores of people in the country… If you don’t support it, then expel her from your party immediately,” Reddy said.
Accusing the BJP of trying to create communal tensions, Reddy urged Hindu and Muslim brothers not to fall into their trap.
Addressing an election rally in Telangana’s Medak on Thursday, Reddy said, “God should be in the temple, devotion should be in the heart. Today, I appeal to my Hindu brothers and Muslim brothers not to fall into the communal fight trap that is about to be started by the BJP. We are all brothers. Let us all save our state. It is our responsibility to protect the peace and security of our state.”
Earlier, while responding to the AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi’s statement that they would take them all of ’15 minutes’ to balance out the “Hindu-Muslim ratio” in the country, Navneet, who is seeking a fresh term in the Lok Sabha from Amravati, on a BJP ticket this time; hit back at the Owaisi brothers, saying “it would take us 15 seconds if the police were removed or made to stand down”.
Rana was heard saying in a video clip she posted on her X handle, tagging the Owaisi brothers, “The younger brother says, ‘Remove the police for 15 minutes so that we can show them what we can do’. I want to tell the younger brother (Akbaruddin) that it might take you 15 minutes, but it will only take us 15 seconds. It will take us all of 15 seconds if we come to the forefront.”
At a meeting in 2013, Akbaruddin Owaisi warned “100 crore Hindus” that his community would show what it could do if the police were withdrawn for ’15 minutes’. (ANI)
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