By India Today News Desk: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday launched a scathing attack on AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi amid the ongoing row over the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The chief minister said that people like Owaisi push forward Jinnah-type culture a day after AIMIM president questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for slashing the minority welfare budget by 40 per cent.
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"People like Owaisi push forward Jinnah-type culture. Under the leadership of PM Modi, the country has been moving forward. India is being recognised worldwide," the Uttarakhand CM was quoted as saying by ANI.
A row erupted after PM Modi made a strong pitch for UCC saying that the country cannot run on two laws. Asaduddin Owaisi had attacked PM Modi for favouring a Uniform Civil Code, alleging that he wants to target Muslims and bring in a 'Hindu Civil Code'. He also hit out at the Prime Minister over his remarks in Madhya Pradesh on Triple Talaq and Pasmanda Muslims.
The Hyderabad MP on Thursday cited a media report and claimed that all Muslims are poor. He also pointed that Muslims who belong to upper class and poorer than Hindus who belong to the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.
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He also questioned as to why the ruling BJP is opposed to reservations for backward Muslims.
Yesterday, Owaisi wrote on Twitter, "PM @narendramodi said that a “group” among Muslims doesn’t let Pasmanda Muslims progress. But the truth is that ALL Muslims are poor & UC Muslims are poorer than OBC Hindus. He’s the PM of all Indians, then why has he cut Minority Welfare budget by 40%?"
"Why is his govt opposed to SC reservations for Dalit Muslims? Why is BJP opposed to reservations for backward Muslims? Will he blame this social injustice also on lack of UCC?," his tweet read.
The AIMIM chief's reaction came after PM Modi targetted opposition parties' "vote bank" and "appeasement" politics. PM Modi said that people were provoked in the name of UCC.
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“These people (opposition) level allegations against us but the reality is that they chant Musalman, Musalman. Had they really been (working) in the interests of Muslims, then Muslim families would not have been lagging in education and jobs,” PM Modi said. Modi said that Pasmanda Muslims are not even treated as equal because of vote bank politics.
The UCC is a key plank of the ruling BJP, and some of its state governments have made a push for its implementation. The idea behind a UCC is to have a common set of laws governing personal matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and adoption for all citizens, irrespective of their religious affiliations.
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