Hyderabad, May 12 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'seven appeals' in Hyderabad, accusing the BJP-led government of masking economic mismanagement with nationalist rhetoric.

Owaisi's remarks come in the immediate wake of state assembly elections, suggesting that the government waited for the polls to conclude before preparing the public for a "massive burden" of price hikes.

"The remarks he made came just 6 days after the conclusion of the assembly elections held across various states... The Prime Minister is now framing this as a matter of patriotism--implying that a true patriot is one who stoically endures such burdens," Owaisi told ANI....