The BJP continues to win because opposition is a failure: owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi, head of Aimim, was interviewed ptiMay 17, 2025 in Hyderabad. Image source: PTI

The BJP has consistently won the election because the opposition was defeated (Nakamura), and because the Hindu vote was consolidated, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said he rejected his suggestion to cut the votes of the opposition bank.

“How can you blame me?” Mr. Ovassi said in an interview PTI Video Saturday.

“If I play in Hyderabad, Aurangabad, Kishanganj and some other seats in the 2024 parliamentary elections and the BJP has won 240 seats, then am I responsible?” Mr Owasi said.

“The BJP is about to come to power because the opposition is defeated (Nakam). The BJP is winning the election because it has consolidated nearly 50% of the Hindu vote,” he said.

“It’s acceptable for you when every part of society has a performance of political leadership, but you don’t want Muslims to have political voices, political leadership,” he said.

When asked if he was referring to Congress, he said he was referring to all opposition parties, including BSP, SP and BJP.

“Yadav will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. The upper caste will be a leader, Musalmaan will be a beggar. It is fair to tell me.”

He lamented that India’s founding fathers have seen the country as participatory democracy, “So where is the participation of Muslims?” “When this is a matter of integrity and security in India, we will stand up and stand in the Indian army. But we do have to talk about the issues inside the house, right?” He noted that despite the country’s population of nearly 15% of the largest minority, only 4% of Muslims participate in the legislature and parliament.

When asked why he did this, he said it was because the parties did not give Muslims tickets to the election and then people did not vote for Muslims.

He warned that India cannot achieve the goal of “Vixit Bharat” by keeping such a large community marginalized and weak. He added that political parties should stop seeing Muslims as voting banks, but instead work to improve them, educate them, treat them fairly and give them work.

“Our struggle is that we don’t want to be voters. We want to be citizens.” Mr. Owaisi tried to become a leader in the election call outside his castle, as his party won some seats in past elections, especially those with a large Muslim population, especially those with a large Muslim population.