"Tells about your mentality...": Union Minister Ajay Tamta on AIMIM's Owaisi over his "Jai Palestine" remark
Jun 25, 2024
New Delhi [India], June 26 : After AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi took oath as a member of the Lok Sabha with the words "Jai Palestine", Union Minister Ajay Tamta on Tuesday said that praising another country in your country's Parliament tells about their "mentality."
AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday concluded his oath-taking as a member of the Lok Sabha with the words "Jai Palestine".
"According to the constitutional procedure, an MP shall read only as much as he is asked to... We protested against it. The chair assured that only the duration of the oath will be taken into the record, nothing before and after it... Praising another country in your country's Parliament tells a lot about your mentality. This has also exposed the obstacles in PM Narendra Modi's vision for India@2047," Tamta told ANI.
Owaisi defeated BJP's Madhavi Latha with a margin of 3,38,087 votes in the recent parliamentary election for a fifth consecutive victory from Hyderabad in Telangana.
While being sworn in as an MP in the 18th Session of the Lok Sabha, Owaisi ended his oath with the words, "Jai Bhim, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine."
Taking to his official X handle, Owaisi posted, "Sworn in as a member of Lok Sabha for the fifth time. Inshallah, I will continue to raise issues of India's marginalised with sincerity."
Speaking with ANI, Owaisi said, "Everyone is saying a lot of things... I just said "Jai Bhim, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine"...How it is against, show the provision in the Constitution?"
On being asked the reason for saying 'Jai Palestine', Owaisi said, "Waha ki awaam mahroom hai (The people there are destitute). Mahatma Gandhi has said so many things regarding Palestine and one can go and read."
Several Palestinians have been facing the brunt of the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.
