The war of words between Bharatiya Janata Party leader Navneet Rana and the Owaisi brothers doesn't seem to be dying down anytime soon. After the '15-second remark' against the Owaisi brothers by the incumbent Amravati MP, followed by the counterattack by the AIMIM chief, Rana held another blistering attack against the Owaisi brothers on Friday.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Rana reiterated her veiled threat against All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leaders Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi. She said that a senior Owaisi member (referring to Asaduddin) said, "I have suppressed the junior, my junior is like a field gun. I want to tell you that we keep such field guns outside our homes for decoration. The senior says, our junior is ferocious, such ferocious ones are kept inside our homes. Remember, I am also the daughter of a former soldier; I also want to see how long the hen and its chick can survive."
In a challenging tone, she further added that she is coming to Hyderabad soon and would like to see who stops her. It is pertinent to note that the recent attack comes in the aftermath of the controversy around the '15-second remark' erupted between the Owaisi brothers and BJP leader Navneet Rana. In a significant attack, Rana, (earlier 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), said, "The younger one (Akbaruddin) says to 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 the police for 15 seconds, you won't know where you came from and where you went away." Rana shared a video clip of her making the comments on the social media platform X. She was campaigning in support of BJP's Hyderabad Lok Sabha candidate K Madhavi Latha and others in Telangana on Wednesday.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, in response, said he would like to tell Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give even one hour. "Modi ji has power, give 15 seconds, rather take one hour. We also would like to see how much humanity is left or not. Do it. Who is scared? Who is stopping you? The Prime Minister is yours in Delhi. RSS is yours. Everything is yours. Tell us where to come. We will come," he said.
Further, on Rana's reported comments that a vote to AIMIM would go to Pakistan, Owaisi responded by saying that the RSS and BJP have hatred towards the country's diversity and pluralism. The RSS ideology should be defeated, he said.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered against against Lok Sabha MP and BJP candidate from Amravati, Navneet Rana for her remarks against Rahul Gandhi at Shadnagar Police station in Telangana. According to the police, the case has been registered over her 'voting for Congress means voting for Pakistan' remark. Her statement came during a recent election campaign of BJP's Hyderabad candidate Madhavi Latha.
“We got a complaint from the FST flying squad, EC for Violation of Rules. The complaint was given yesterday. Krishna Mohan, FST of EC who is on election duty has made a complaint on the comment ‘If voted for Rahul Gandhi, the vote goes to Pakistan," the police added. They further stated that the case has been filed under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code
