India is Secular, Believes in all Religions, Condemned UP CM: Asaduddin Owaisi

Hyderabad, 8^th March: Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, AIMIM president has hit back at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for the latter’s statement on secularism that it prevented India from gaining world recognition.

Addressing the press media today, Asaduddin Owaisi termed Yogi’s comment on secularism “vahiyat” (obnoxious) and said this was an insult to the Constitution, our founding fathers and all those members of the Constituent Assembly.

Owaisi asked the CM: “Petrol, diesel and LPG prices have gone up, jobs are not provided and women are upset. Is it all because the country practiced secularism?” He asked whether freedom of thought guaranteed in the preamble of the Constitution did not reflect secularism. “I ask whether Articles 14, 19, 22, 25, 26, 29 and 30 do not reflect secular ideas and values?”

“You are doing Bhumi Pooja in the name of secularism. You being a prime minister or chief minister perform Bhoomi Pooja, are you doing this for upkeep of secularism? Does the government have any religion? India has no religion, it never will. India believes in all religions, it even respects those who do not follow any religion. We say the majority of the people here are secular, that’s why India is secular.”

The obnoxious statement on Secularism by the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is an insult to our constitution and our founding fathers – Barrister @asadowaisi https://t.co/YbBx2SwZQH
— AIMIM (@aimim_national) March 8, 2021