Summary:
New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday targeted the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP with a "chhota recharge" jibe, while alleging that the Delhi chief minister defamed Muslims and "wants to break all records of Narendra Modi".
Campaigning for All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidates in Delhi"s Seelampur ahead of the civic body polls, he alleged that Kejriwal disappeared at the time of riots in the national capital and spoke against those who protested against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act at Shaheen Bagh.
The AIMIM has fielded 16 candidates in the December 4 MCD polls.
"When people were reeling under COVID-19, struggling for oxygen and hospital beds, the Delhi chief minister spewed venom and said coronavirus was spreading because of Tablighi Jammat.
He defamed Tablighi Jamaat.
"The lists of Covid cases in Delhi had a column mentioning Tablighi Jamaat members as super-spreaders.
The entire country started doubting Muslims.
The hatred increased and many people were attacked.
The Delhi CM is responsible for this," the AIMIM chief said. Owaisi alleged the Delhi chief minister said he would have removed the (anti-CAA) protesters at Shaheen Bagh in half an hour.
"A person from his party who later joined the BJP raised the "goli maaron..." slogan," he claimed at the gathering.
"The Delhi chief minister got an FIR registered against Tablighi Jamaat, but not against this person.