In a fresh threat, Owaisi told Navneet Rana that the day he gives Akbaruddin free hand, he’ll see how the BJP leader will handle the outcome. (File photos)
Navneet Rana said that cannons like Owaisi are kept outside her house for decoration.
The war between Maharashtra Lok Sabha MP Navneet Rana and AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi has been escalating ever since Rana’s ‘remove police for 15 seconds‘ threat to Owaisi. In her latest warning, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said it’s good that senior Owaisi has kept Akbaruddin in control else “Ram bhakts and (Narendra) Modi ji’s lions are roaming on streets”.
“The elder one says that only he can control his younger sibling (Akbaruddin), no one else can. I would like to say that good you are making him understand, and hence he’s still in front of your eyes… else Ram Bhakts and Modi ji’s lions are roaming in every street,” Rana said, adding that cannons like Owaisi are kept outside her house for decoration.
Her reaction came after Asaduddin Owaisi hit out at Rana for her ‘remove cops for 15 seconds’ threat, and threw a fresh challenge: “That MP sahiba who has come from Maharashtra keeps saying ‘chhote chhote’ (younger sibling). I’ve stopped ‘chhote’ and kept him in control. The day I ask him to handle the situation on his own, that day we’ll see how you will manage.”
Meanwhile, Akbaruddin too was seen making a fiery speech. “Goonge nahi hain hum. (I’m not deaf). Akbaruddin has such power that he can even teach a mute person how to speak. Sadly, BJP is not getting votes in the name of Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath and even Lord Ram. And hence, they now want to seek votes in the name of Owaisi brothers,” the junior Owaisi said.
The verbal duel between Rana and Owaisi brothers began earlier this week when the BJP leader launched a scathing attack on AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother Akbaruddin Owaisi, saying that if police were removed from duty for “15 seconds”, the brothers would not know from where they came and where they went.
“The younger one (Akbarauddin) says ‘remove the police for 15 minutes and we will show what we can do’. Let me tell the younger one, you will take 15 minutes; it will be only 15 seconds for us. If you remove police for 15 seconds, you won’t know where you came from and where you went away,” said Rana. The threats were made on Wednesday, when Navneet Rana was campaigning in support of the BJP’s Hyderabad candidate, K Madhavi Latha.
On Thursday, while reiterating her stance, Navneet Rana said, “I always stand by my statement. I am not afraid of anyone. If they will take 15 minutes, we will take 15 seconds….”
Navneet Rana’s blistering attack came in response to a 2013 controversial speech by AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in which he said it would take them only “15 minutes” to balance the “Hindu-Muslim ratio” in the country if the police were removed.
After Navneet Rana’s threats were publicised, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi retorted, “I tell Modi ji – give her 15 seconds. What will you do?… Give her 15 seconds, give her 1 hour. We, too, want to see if you have any humanity left in you. Who is scared? We are ready…If someone is making an open call for it, then so be it,” said Owaisi while speaking to the media.
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