Oppn parties don't want any big political party of Muslims to be formed in UP: Owaisi

Bahriach, Oct. 4 -- AIMIM national president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on opposition parties, especially the Samajwadi Party, over the political participation of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh politics.

Owaisi, who reached Bahraich while going to a public meeting in Shravasti, while addressing the party workers , said that the opposition parties do not want any big political party of Muslims to be formed in Uttar Pradesh and their political share to increase.

Owaisi said that opposition parties try to limit the role of Muslims in politics to just voting. He quipped, "Abdul just spreads the carpet, chants 'Long Live Bhai', votes for him, and then goes home."He alleged that Muslims were being persecuted, mosques were b...