Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the BJP-led central government for making changes to the NCERT syllabus pertaining to the partition of the country.
Addressing a public meeting organised here on late Saturday, the leader said that it was not Muslims who are responsible for the partition, but Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar was the first to propose the ‘two communities’ idea, PTI reported.
The leader also claimed that it was the last British viceroy in India, Louis Mountbatten, and the Congress government who were “responsible” for partitioning India, creating the country of Pakistan.
"Muslims are being blamed for the partition. We are not responsible. It was Savarkar who first spoke of ‘two communities' and gave slogans for partition. It was Mountbatten and the then Congress government who were responsible for the partition. The reason why Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi was also omitted from the NCERT," he said.
Owaisi then slammed the BJP and the Narendra Modi government ahead of the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match, asking whether the value of 26 lives lost in the Pahalgam terror attack was more than the money earned through the match.
"How much money will the BCCI get from one cricket match, Rs 2,000 crore, Rs 3,000 crore? Tell us is the value of the lives of our 26 citizens more or the money? The BJP should tell us about it (on the decision to play the match against Pakistan)".
The BJP always talks about 'Desh Bhakti', but when it comes to cricket matches, then it gets "stumped" (changes version), he said.
Later, talking about the Gaza war, he urged the Centre, which has always supported the Palestinians, to take responsibility now to stop the alleged "genocide" and provide food to those who are suffering from hunger in Gaza.
"The Muslims of the world should remember that if Muslims in Gaza are finished, then your countries will be attacked. You have seen that there was an attack in Doha. Netanyahu bombarded Yemen, Iran, Syria and where not," Owaisi alleged.
He also spoke about the alleged incidents of Muslims being "targeted" in India, saying: "What we see is that we are also being targeted in our own country-- our houses are demolished, our children are killed and bulldozers are run on us".