"Privileged, powerful groups" vote rarely discussed: Owaisi

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Jun 13 2019 | 10:15 PM IST

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Thursday said "cringe-worthy" discussions take place in every election about Dalit, Muslim and OBC voters, but rarely are debates held on how "privileged and powerful groups" vote.

"Every election, we have cringe-worthy discussions about Dalit, Muslim & OBC voters.

But rarely do we ever discuss how privileged, powerful groups vote.

No insulting terms such as "appeasement", "votebank" & "caste card" are used for them," he tweeted.

He was responding to media reports on why "upper caste Hindus voted for BJP like never before".

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First Published: Jun 13 2019 | 10:15 PM IST

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