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Owaisi told the government to accept the “popular revolution” that took place in Dhaka and build good relations with the current Bangladeshi government
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi during the Monsoon session of Parliament, (PTI photo)
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday questioned the Centre’s move to deport “illegal Bangladeshis” from India, asking why former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been living in India since her ouster in August 2024, has not been sent back.
Speaking at an event organised by The Indian Express, Owaisi said, “Why are we keeping that deposed leader (Sheikh Hasina) in the country? Send her back. She is also a Bangladeshi, isn’t it?”
The AIMIM MP told the government to accept the “popular revolution” that took place in Dhaka and build good relations with the current Bangladeshi government.
Owaisi further criticised the government’s treatment of Bengali-speaking residents from Malda and Murshidabad who were recently deported without proper verification.
“We have one Bangladeshi living in our country and creating problems by giving statements and speeches, and then we have these poor Bengali-speaking Indians from Malda and Murshidabad who were sent from Pune to Kolkata in an aircraft and then dumped in no man’s land,” he said.
He added, “Anyone who speaks Bengali becomes Bangladeshi, is it? It shows the xenophobia that is operating here.” Owaisi also questioned the police’s authority to detain these people, saying, “Everyone has become a vigilante over here.”
Speaking on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar, Owaisi warned it could exclude “genuine” citizens, especially Muslims, from voter lists. He cited past experiences where many Muslim names were left out during such exercises.
“If SIR happens and names of genuine voters are not included, then questions will be raised about their citizenship,” he said. Owaisi also pointed out that the Election Commission allows Electoral Registration Officers to report suspicious individuals to authorities under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
In another criticism, against the backdrop of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to India, Owaisi questioned the Modi government’s China policy, calling it a series of “flip-flops” that have weakened India over the past 11 years.
In a series of posts on X, he asked if the situation on the India-China border had returned to the “Status Quo Ante Bellum” before the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes and questioned China’s refusal to share real-time data on rivers feeding hydropower dams, limiting information only to emergencies.
Now that the Chinese Ministers visit to India is over ,I will repeat the Questions I have raised repeatedly without getting any answer from the government.– Has the situation on the border returned to Status Quo Ante Bellum that is of April 2020 ? If not how are we going to get…— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) August 21, 2025
Owaisi also challenged whether China had committed to stop providing military support to Pakistan and questioned the government’s efforts in holding Beijing accountable.
“Has China Agreed not to provide military support to Pakistan,as it did during the recent military clash with us? Have we not insisted with Beijing that we can’t be friends if it hurts through Pakistan?,” he asked.
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