हैदराबाद - नागरिकत्व सुधारणा कायदा फक्त मुस्लिमांसाठीच नाही, तर संपूर्ण देशावासियांसाठी चिंतेचा विषय आहे. त्यामुळे या कायद्याविरोधात सतत संघर्ष करावा लागेल असे, एमआयएम पक्षाचे प्रमुख असदुद्दीन ओवेसी म्हणाले. हैदराबादमध्ये एका कार्यक्रमात ते बोलत होते.
'मी रांगेत उभा राहून भारतीय आहे, हे का सिद्ध करू? मी या भूमीमध्ये जन्म घेतला आहे. मी भारताचा नागरिक आहे. नागरिकता प्रमाण पत्र घेण्यासाठी १०० कोटी लोकांना रांगेत उभे रहावे लागेल. त्यामुळे हा फक्त मुस्लिमांचा मुद्दा नाही, सर्व भारतीयांसाठी हा चिंतेचा विषय आहे. मोदी भक्तांनाही रांगेमध्ये उभं रहावे लागेल', असे मी त्यानाही सांगत असल्याचे ओवेसी म्हणाले.
असदुद्दीन ओवेसी यांचे भाषण हेही वाचा - 'अब दिल्ली दूर नही AQI २००'; मुंबईत मुलांचे आंदोलन लक्षवेधी
'भारतीय मुस्लिमांनी फाळणीच्या वेळी पाकिस्तानात न जाता भारतात राहण्याचा निर्णय घेतला होता. मी इच्छेने आणि जन्माने भारतीय आहे, तुम्हाला गोळी चालवायची असेल तर चालवा, तुमच्या गोळ्या संपतील. मात्र, भारतासाठीचे माझे प्रेम संपणार नाही. आमचा प्रयत्न भारताला संपवण्याचा नाही, तर भारताला वाचवण्याचा आहे, आमचे अभियान संविधानाला वाचवण्याचे आहे', असे ओवेसी म्हणाले.
हेही वाचा - शहरी नक्षलवादी सीएए व एनआरसीबाबत अफवा पसरवत आहेत, मोदींचा मोठा आरोप
यावेळी त्यांनी संविधानाची प्रस्तावना वाचली, आणि उपस्थित नागरिकांना म्हणायला लावली, त्याचबरोबर आंदोलनादरम्यान हिंसेमध्ये सहभागी न होण्याचे आवाहन केले.
हैदराबाद - नागरिकत्व सुधारणा कायदा फक्त मुस्लिमांसाठीच नाही, तर संपूर्ण देशावासियांसाठी चिंतेचा विषय आहे. त्यामुळे या कायद्याविरोधात सतत संघर्ष करावा लागेल असे, एमआयएम पक्षाचे प्रमुख असदुद्दीन ओवेसी म्हणाले. हैदराबादमध्ये एका कार्यक्रमात ते बोलत होते.
'मी रांगेत उभा राहून भारतीय आहे, हे का सिद्ध करू? मी या भूमीमध्ये जन्म घेतला आहे. मी भारताचा नागरिक आहे. नागरिकता प्रमाण पत्र घेण्यासाठी १०० कोटी लोकांना रांगेत उभे रहावे लागेल. त्यामुळे हा फक्त मुस्लिमांचा मुद्दा नाही, सर्व भारतीयांसाठी हा चिंतेचा विषय आहे. मोदी भक्तांनाही रांगेमध्ये उभं रहावे लागेल', असे मी त्यानाही सांगत असल्याचे ओवेसी म्हणाले.
असदुद्दीन ओवेसी यांचे भाषण हेही वाचा - 'अब दिल्ली दूर नही AQI २००'; मुंबईत मुलांचे आंदोलन लक्षवेधी
'भारतीय मुस्लिमांनी फाळणीच्या वेळी पाकिस्तानात न जाता भारतात राहण्याचा निर्णय घेतला होता. मी इच्छेने आणि जन्माने भारतीय आहे, तुम्हाला गोळी चालवायची असेल तर चालवा, तुमच्या गोळ्या संपतील. मात्र, भारतासाठीचे माझे प्रेम संपणार नाही. आमचा प्रयत्न भारताला संपवण्याचा नाही, तर भारताला वाचवण्याचा आहे, आमचे अभियान संविधानाला वाचवण्याचे आहे', असे ओवेसी म्हणाले.
हेही वाचा - शहरी नक्षलवादी सीएए व एनआरसीबाबत अफवा पसरवत आहेत, मोदींचा मोठा आरोप
यावेळी त्यांनी संविधानाची प्रस्तावना वाचली, आणि उपस्थित नागरिकांना म्हणायला लावली, त्याचबरोबर आंदोलनादरम्यान हिंसेमध्ये सहभागी न होण्याचे आवाहन केले.
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CAA concerns all Indians, not just Muslims: Owaisi
The fight against the new citizenship law is "not just the issue of Muslims" but concerns all Indians and there should be a sustained struggle against the legislation, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed.
"Why should I stand in queue and tell that I am an Indian? I have been born in this land. I am a citizen (of India). All 100 crore Indians have to stand in queue (to submit proof of citizenship). This is not just the issue of Muslims but an issue concerning all Indians. I am telling 'Modi-bhakts' also. You also have to stand in queue and bring documents," the Hyderabad MP said late Saturday night.
At a meeting organised by the United Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella body of various Muslim groups at Darussalam, the headquarters of AIMIM in the city, Owaisi asserted that Indian Muslims had chosen to remain India at the time of partition by rejecting "Jinnah's two-nation theory".
Claiming that BJP cited the existence of many Islamic nations, he asked what does he have to do with them.
"I am concerned about India and only India and my love is only with India. (You say) so many Islamic countries! You go there. Why are you telling me," he said.
"I am Indian by choice and also by birth... If you want to fire bullets, fire. Your bullets would finish, but my love for India would not end. Our endeavour is to not hit but save the country," he said.
The fight of Indian Muslims is for respect as they are being doubted even after 70 years, which, he said, is an insult.
Owaisi, who said the campaign is to "save" the Constitution, also appealed to all Indians, who are against NRC and CAA to hoist the national flag on their homes from Sunday which will send out a message against the “fascist forces” and that it is the house of someone who loved his country.
Reading out the Preamble of the Constitution, he made the participants repeat it and asked them to not resort to any kind of violence.
The meeting, attended by thousands of people, began with the national anthem and concluded with Owasi's speech after midnight.
A number of speakers, including students Aysha Renna and Labeeda Farzana, who are being described as the face of anti-CAA protests, and Aman Wadud, a human rights lawyer from Assam, spoke at the meeting.
According to Owaisi, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said 5.40 lakh Bengali Hindus in Assam will get citizenship through CAA, but five lakh Muslims would be deprived of the same.
"Why are we protesting? We are protesting because, in the country, in the name of religion, preparation is being made to make us not just second-class citizens but stateless," he claimed, adding it is a loss for everyone.
The fight against CAA and NRC would be a long-drawn campaign as “Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are not routine politicians”, he said. The campaign against them can succeed only through political and democratic activity, he said.
The fight is not over with just one meeting and the same momentum has to be kept alive for at least six-seven months, he felt. He stressed on ensuring that the agitation remains non-violent for it to achieve its goal.
He urged Prime Minister Modi to remove the word “religion” from “religious minorities” while granting citizenship to refugees under CAA. It is wrong to make laws on the basis of religion, he claimed.
He also said, “why Modi has so much hatred”.
Owaisi slammed the Aligarh Muslim University vice chancellor for allegedly writing to police to use “appropriate force” on protesters.
Hitting out at Jamia Millia Islamia vice chancellor, Owaisi claimed that her loyalty was not towards the students but “towards (a functionary) of RSS”.
He appealed to those who attended the meeting to not leave the path of non-violence even if “I die in this fight” or even if someone fired a bullet at him.
Asking the gathering to carry on the struggle in a non-violent way, he said they should tell, if anyone tyrannizes, that (such) person is "children of Godse".
"There should be no violence. If anybody tyrannizes, say ‘you are children of Godse'...and we are those following the Constitution," he said.
Thanking the government of K Chandrasekhar Rao in Telangana for having opposed the CAB in parliament, he, however, urged him to stay the implementation of National Population Register (NPR) on the lines of Kerala government. The NRC is being implemented through the NPR, he claimed.
He asked Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to reconsider his support to the NDA government on CAA.
The meeting demanded that all the cases booked against protesters and students be unconditionally withdrawn.
Owaisi said the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi (January 30), March 23 when Bhagat Singh was hanged and the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar on April 14 be observed as ‘Save Constitution Day'.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar has suspended two police constables on charge of "involving in improper" conduct on social media after one of them allegedly made "vulgar" comments against "two" women participants attending the protest-meeting at AIMIM's headquarters.
A group of people also filed a complaint against the police constable over the matter.
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