Poor Must Get Rs 5,000 Deposited In Their Accounts If Lockdown: Extended: Owaisi
Mumbai: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi suggested that if the nationwide lockdown is extended beyond April 14 on April 21, the poor would have to deposit Rs 5,000 in their accounts.
ANI news agency quoted Asaduddin saying, “The poor are saying that if they do not die due to coronavirus, they will die of hunger. I ask the Prime Minister that whichever party has five MPs you have called them, but you are calling those who have less than five MPs in the Parliament. The Prime Minister has not called me and my other MP from Aurangabad. He has not called the three MPs from Indian Union Muslim League from Kerala. You know that the first three cases were reported in Kerala.”
“I would suggest that if the lockdown is being extended, the poor must get Rs 5,000 deposited in their accounts,” he said.
Owaisi also talked about the ‘Corona Jihad’, which was trending on social media.
“This has been made a trend on Twitter. Those who are saying such things are not strengthening the country. From 1 January to 15 March, there were 1.5 million international arrivals. And then you objected to the Tablighi Jamaat?” We have started screening on March 3. So, how have they come? Who has done the screening and who is responsible for it? ”He asked.
“Isn’t it true that the Modi government has told the Supreme Court that one in three migrants can be infected and they should not pass the infection on to the villagers. However, it is also mentioned that six lakh people have been put in shelters. Where is social distancing? It is a conspiracy to spread hatred. I urge the Prime Minister to stop these people and break your silence,” Owaisi said.
“You are also my Prime Minister … The whole world is coming together. But in our country, there are some people who are spreading hatred. I appeal to the government to consider the difficulties faced by the poor. I can state an example of Telangana where Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has stated that migrants are our brothers and no person in the state shall starve,” he added.
Stating that COVID-19 has “no religion”, the AIMIM chief appealed to the Muslim community not to assemble at mosques and offer prayers at home.
Owaisi also thanked those who have fully cooperated for COVID-19 tests.
“There was complete cooperation from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Do not be careless and irresponsible. Do not eat gutka and pan masala. It is a crime,” he further said.
(With ANI Inputs)
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