India, May 13 -- Criticising the Prime Minister's austerity call, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday sought to know why Narendra Modi and the BJP did not highlight the need to save forex during the recent State elections.

He also alleged that one of the purposes of calling for austerity measures is to save dollars so that the Government can "give to Trump" to purchase oil from the US.

"The question is, was the Prime Minister asking for votes during the elections without telling people that they are going to raise petrol, diesel and aviation fuel prices after the polls? And now he is presenting this as patriotism, saying that a true patriot is someone who tolerates all these hardships," he told reporters here.

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