CM Sarma replied to Asaduddin Owaisi. (file photo)
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Digital Desk, New Delhi. There has been an uproar over AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement that 'a daughter wearing hijab can also become the Prime Minister of the country'. When Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hit back at Owaisi's statement, BJP challenged him.
CM Sarma said that India is a Hindu nation and the Prime Minister of India will always be a Hindu person. Responding to Owaisi's comment, Sarma said, "There is no constitutional bar. Anyone can become the Prime Minister. But India is a Hindu nation, Hindu civilization and we will always believe and we have full confidence that the Prime Minister of India will always be a Hindu person."
BJP spokesperson also reacted sharply to this statement and challenged Owaisi to make a woman wearing a burqa or a person from the Pasmanda community the president of his party.
Poonwala said, "Owaisi Mian, there is no restriction in the Constitution whether the Prime Minister should wear hijab or not. Anyone can become the Prime Minister, but first win votes."
He further challenged Owaisi and said, "Before dreaming of becoming Prime Minister, Owaisi Mian, why don't you first make a hijab-wearing woman, a burqa-wearing woman or at least someone from the Pasmanda community the president of your party?"
What did Owaisi say?
Earlier, Asaduddin Owaisi had stressed on inclusion of everyone in the Indian Constitution and said that his dream is that the Prime Minister of India should be a hijab-wearing daughter. Comparing it with the Pakistani Constitution, he said that the Pakistani Constitution prevents non-Muslim people from holding high positions.
He said, "It is clearly written in the Constitution of Pakistan that only a person of one religion can become the Prime Minister of the country. Baba Saheb's Constitution says that any citizen of India can become the Prime Minister, Chief Minister or Mayor. My dream is that a day will come when a daughter wearing hijab will become the Prime Minister of this country."
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