The Indian Express<\/em>, Owaisi said, \u201cWhy are we keeping that deposed leader (Sheikh Hasina) in the country? Send her back. She is also a Bangladeshi, isn\u2019t it?”<\/p>\nThe AIMIM MP told the government to accept the \u201cpopular revolution” that took place in Dhaka and build good relations with the current Bangladeshi government.<\/p>\n
Owaisi further criticised the government\u2019s treatment of Bengali-speaking residents from Malda and Murshidabad who were recently deported without proper verification.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have one Bangladeshi living in our country and creating problems by giving statements and speeches, and then we have these poor Bengali-speaking Indians from Malda and Murshidabad who were sent from Pune to Kolkata in an aircraft and then dumped in no man\u2019s land,” he said.<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cAnyone who speaks Bengali becomes Bangladeshi, is it? It shows the xenophobia that is operating here.” Owaisi also questioned the police\u2019s authority to detain these people, saying, \u201cEveryone has become a vigilante over here.”<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bihar, Owaisi warned it could exclude \u201cgenuine” citizens, especially Muslims, from voter lists. He cited past experiences where many Muslim names were left out during such exercises.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf SIR happens and names of genuine voters are not included, then questions will be raised about their citizenship,” he said. Owaisi also pointed out that the Election Commission allows Electoral Registration Officers to report suspicious individuals to authorities under the Citizenship Act, 1955.<\/p>\n
In another criticism, against the backdrop of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi\u2019s visit to India, Owaisi questioned the Modi government\u2019s China policy, calling it a series of \u201cflip-flops” that have weakened India over the past 11 years.<\/p>\n
In a series of posts on X, he asked if the situation on the India-China border had returned to the \u201cStatus Quo Ante Bellum” before the 2020 Galwan Valley clashes and questioned China\u2019s refusal to share real-time data on rivers feeding hydropower dams, limiting information only to emergencies.<\/p>\n
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