With one sarcastic tweet, MIM chief and all-round gadfly Asaduddin Owaisi nailed the BJP and the Congress for what he believes is their hypocrisy in branding him "communal" even as they attempt to bask in their "nationalist" and "secular" halos, respectively.
After a controversy arose yesterday on whether Congress vice president considers himself Hindu, his party was at pains to shout from the rooftops that he is indeed of the faith, even as the BJP wasted no time in saying he was "fooling people" by "pretending" to be Hindu.
Here's what Owaisi had to say about that:
Cong says it’s VP is Hindu & janeu dhari (BRAHMAN)
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) November 29, 2017
BJP says their Leader Modi is Hindu (& OBC )
This is very esteemed club something like “Old School Boys Network”
people like me are denied entry as I am only communal ,rest are Secular,Nationalist...... https://t.co/ZZUBacCw2p
Owaisi's tweet came on an evening when it was alleged that Rahul Gandhi's name was entered in a register for "non-Hindus" during a visit to Somnath temple yesterday.
The Congress said there was no such entry and if there were, it was the BJP's doing.