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With the poll date approaching, politics in the state heated up with a war of words growing between Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and AIMIM chief Assaduddin Owaisi over Mughal king Aurangzeb, with Fadnavis even allegedly using abusive words against the controversial 16th century emperor.
Addressing an election rally on Tuesday, Fadnavis asked Owaisi to refrain from coming to Maharashtra. Attacking Aurangzeb, he said that he was an invader and was being glorified by Owaisi and his party. Fadnavis said that a true Muslim of the country will never consider Aurangzeb and used objectionable words against the Mughal emperor.
“Nowadays this Owaisi has started coming here. My Hyderabadi brother, don’t come here… You stay there only.. you have no business here. I don’t understand what’s happening— they are coming here, and threatening.. They are glorifying Aurangzeb here. I want to say that even true Muslims of India do not see Aurangzeb as their hero. Aurangzeb was an invader; he attacked us,” Fadnavis was seen stating it in a video which he has posted on his official X account.
The statement came amid the exchange of words between the two leaders for the past week.
Earlier, Fadnavis had called Owaisi a descendant of Razakars. Fadnavis’s attack came a day after Owaisi took a jibe at Fadnavis’s ‘vote jihad’ claim, where Owaisi said that while his ancestors were doing ‘Jihad’ against Britishers for India’s independence, Fadnavis’s ancestors were writing love letters to the the British.
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