New Delhi: Taking a dig at BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya over his 'poha' remark, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that labourers should only eat "halwa" as then only will they be called "Bharat ka shehri" (citizens of India). Else, they will be called Bangladeshi, he remarked.
"Labourers should not have poha but only HALWA and HALWA and will be called Indian, Bharat ka Shehri otherwise B.......... hope '9 pm nationalist' will not take offence," Owaisi tweeted.
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Labourers should not have Poha but only HALWA & HALWA & will be called Indian ,Bharat ka Shehri otherwise B.......... hope “9pm Nationalist” will not take offence https://t.co/G47CyoC4L7
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">Labourers should not have Poha but only HALWA & HALWA & will be called Indian ,Bharat ka Shehri otherwise B.......... hope “9pm Nationalist” will not take offence https://t.co/G47CyoC4L7
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) January 24, 2020Labourers should not have Poha but only HALWA & HALWA & will be called Indian ,Bharat ka Shehri otherwise B.......... hope “9pm Nationalist” will not take offence https://t.co/G47CyoC4L7
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) January 24, 2020
The Hyderabad Lok Sabha lawmaker's remarks came after Vijayvargiya at an event in support of Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Madhya Pradesh's Indore had said that he suspected some of the construction labourers working at his house were Bangladeshis as they only ate 'poha' (flattened rice), which aroused suspicion about their nationality.