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Just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, a gesture by Hyderabad BJP candidate Madhavi Latha during the Ramnavmi Yatra this week sparked controversy. In a video that has now gone viral, Lata is reportedly seen pretending to shoot an arrow at a mosque. During the procession on the occasion of Ram Navami on Wednesday.
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Reacting to the video, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said, “The people of Hyderabad have seen the intentions of the BJP. They will not accept the obscene and inflammatory actions of the BJP-RSS.”
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Owaisi said, “Is this the ‘developed India’ the BJP is talking about? The peace of Hyderabad is bigger than the elections. I am confident that the people of Telangana will vote against the BJP which is against peace in the state.”
BJP’s Madhavi apologizes
Meanwhile, in a post on ‘X’, Madhavi said that it has come to her notice that an incomplete video of her is being circulated in the media to create negativity. “I would like to clarify that this is an incomplete video and if anyone’s sentiments have been hurt due to such a video, I would like to apologize as I respect all individuals,” she said in the post.
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Madhavi Lata was in Ram Navami procession Said First, “This is a conspiracy. Are Hindu-Muslim brothers not one? Is Shri Ram Navami not as important as Ramzan for them (state government)? We want every Muslim brother to celebrate Ramzan and pray in the mosque…”
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Lata had said, “Don’t you (Akbaruddin Owaisi and Asaduddin Owaisi) think that we should also celebrate our festival today on Ram Navami? What right do you have to stop our procession?…” She was earlier swore off “To reclaim the land which they have encroached upon under the Waqf Board”.
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Published: 18 April 2024, 09:00 PM IST
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