BJP leader Giriraj Singh accuses AIMIM’s Owaisi of ‘promoting jihadi mindset’

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Union Minister Giriraj Singh. File.

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Reacting to remarks made precocious by Asaduddin Owaisi, person of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), successful Amaravati, Maharashtra that the Central authorities should supply each records of instances of “love jihad” from each the States “in Parliament”, Union Textile Minister and elder Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) person Giriraj Singh connected Tuesday (January 6, 2025) accused Mr. Owaisi of promoting a ”jihadi mindset”.

“AIMIM person Asaduddin Owaisi promotes a jihadi mindset. The information connected ‘love jihad‘ should beryllium addressed successful Hyderabad first, wherever the AIMIM holds governmental influence,” Mr. Singh, MP from Begusarai successful Bihar said, addressing media persons successful Patna.

Mr. Owaisi had called for “concrete data”. “If adults are making their ain decision, past our likes and dislikes don’t matter. If ‘love jihad’ is happening, contiguous factual information collected from each States wherever you assertion specified cases exist, successful Parliament,” the AIMIM person had said.

The contented of ‘love jihad’ went “beyond idiosyncratic relationships”, Mr. Singh said, alleging it was a portion of a “well-hatched conspiracy”. “This is not ‘love jihad’ successful the sanction of love, it is simply a planned ghazwa-e-hind (’raid of India’). No substance however galore conspiracies are being hatched, India volition not beryllium Partitioned again,” Mr. Singh said.

The AIMIM leader’s governmental ideology was “rooted successful divisive thinking”, the BJP person said, adding, “If the shade of Jinnah has entered into anyone successful India, it volition not succeed.”

Earlier, Mr. Singh had condemned the slogans allegedly raised against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah by students astatine the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) field successful New Delhi. “JNU these days has go campy bureau of the tukde-tukde (pieces) gang. Those who enactment Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam are traitors and cases indispensable beryllium lodged against them for being anti-national,” Mr. Singh said, adding, “Individuals with anti-national mindset, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders from parties similar the RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal), TMC (Trinamool Congress) and Left groups are supporting specified activities.” “Nationalism volition yet triumph implicit divisive ideologies,” Mr. Singh said, evoking Swami Vivekananda.

Published - January 06, 2026 08:54 p.m. IST

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