TIL Desk/National/Hyderabad/ All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his government’s plan to deport Rohingya Muslims refugees staying in India.
Addressing a public gathering, the Lok Sabha MP questioned Modi government’s decision to send back the Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, saying if Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen can be allowed to stay in the country, then why can’t PM Modi accept Rohingyas as his brothers or friends.
Further hitting out at PM Modi, the AIMIM chief also raised the issue of Chakmas from Bangladesh settled in Arunachal Pradesh. During the three wars with Pakistan, many refugees from West Pakistan were allowed to enter the country and also given voting rights, then why can’t 40,000 Rohingyas stay in a country with a billion plus population, Owaisi questioned.
Giving the example of 65,000 Talims refugees staying in India, Owaisi said if we can accommodate them, why not the Rohingyas. He also raked up the issue of more than one lakh Tibetan refugees in India and the country giving shelter to exiled Tibetan leader the Dalia Lama.