West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi of taking money from BJP to divide minority votes.
Hitting immediately back at Mamata, Owaisi said, “Never was a man born who can buy Asaduddin Owaisi with money. Her allegation is baseless and she is restless. She should worry about her own home, so many of her people are going to BJP. She has insulted the voters of Bihar and the people who voted for us”.
Mamata had said that the BJP is “spending crores of rupees to bring in a party from Hyderabad to divide Muslim votes”
Owaisi is being seen as a threat by left political parties after the results of the Bihar assembly election.
Mamata who held a rally in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday (15 December) said, “To divide minority votes they have caught hold of a party from Hyderabad, BJP gives them money and they are dividing votes. Bihar election has proved it”, Mamata said.
“To divide the Muslim votes, the BJP is spending crores of rupees to bring in a party from Hyderabad. The plan is that BJP will eat into Hindu votes, and this Hyderabad party will eat into Muslim votes”, she added.