Strengthening country & its borders should be priority: Owaisi

Slamming the BJP over its 'mera booth sabse mazbooth' programme, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday said strengthening the country and its borders should be the priority.

"BJP says 'mera booth-sabse mazboot' (my polling booth the strongest), but I say 'meri sarhad mazboot tho mera desh mazboot' (My country is strong if my borders are strong)," he said, addressing a gathering at AIMIM headquarters here on his party's 61st anniversary.

Under the BJP's 'Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot' programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had interacted with about a crore BJP workers, volunteers and others through the "world's largest video conference" on Thursday.

Pointing out that the polling booths would exist and the country would remain strong only if the borders were secure, he said, "This (BJP's campaign) is opposite.. How can this go on?..."
Hailing the safe return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman who was captured by Pakistan following an aerial duel between the air forces of two countries, Owaisi said there should not be any politics on issues concerning soldiers, as the "country comes first."
Condemning the JeM, ISIS and Lashkar-e-Taiba, Owaisi said, "You (terrorists) indulge in terrorism.. What contract on Islam have you taken? Come here and debate with 'ulema' (Islamic scholars) of India.. They will tell you that those carrying out suicide attacks have nothing to do with Islam."
He also supported ascension of Hyderabad to Pakistan
Owaisi also said, "We rejected Muhammad Ali Jinnah's message.. Today, in the same Darussalam (AIMIM headquarters) tricolor is hoisted on August 15 and January 26. What more proof you need?."