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Owaisi dismisses RSS chief's claim
of increase in Muslim population
Hyderabad. AIMIM President
Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday
said Muslim population growth
rate in the country has had the
sharpest decline among all, dismissing
RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat's claim that it has
increased.
"As usual, RSS Mohan's
speech today was full of lies &
half-truths. He called for a population
policy & repeated the
lie that Muslim & Christian
population has increased.
Muslim population growth rate
has had the sharpest decline
among all. There's no 'demographic
imbalance'," tweeted
Owaisi while reacting to RSS
leader's Dussehra speech.
The Hyderabad MP said one
has to worry about the social
evils of child marriages and
sex-selective abortions. "84%
of married kids are Hindus.
Between 2001-2011, Muslim
female-male ratio leaped from
936 to 951 women for every
President pays tributes at the Kargil War Memorial
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1000 Muslim men. But, the
Hindu ratio only rose from 931
to 939," he wrote.
On the RSS chief's call for a
population policy, Owaisi
pointed out that India has
already achieved replacement
level fertility rates without any
coercive population policy.
"Similarly, fact-free Mohan
is worried about India's ageing
population & the need to have
younger population to help the
ageing. He should tell his student
Modi about it," said
Owaisi.
"No man has destroyed
India's demographic dividend
like he has. Majority of India is
young; they lack education,
govt support & jobs. What's the
future of a country whose PM
cannot promise anything more
than a few pakora stalls.
Population control policy will
mean fewer youth of working
age. How will they support an
ageing population?" he asked.
Kargil. President Ram Nath
Kovind on Friday visited the
Kargil War Memorial at Drass
and paid homage to the martyrs.
In a sombre atmosphere,
he laid a wreath of white flowers
at the memorial to pay his
homage to the soldiers, who
made the supreme sacrifice to
defend the nation during the
Kargil war. He was accompanied
by Northern Command
chief, Lt Gen Y.K. Joshi.
The War Memorial at the
foothills of Tololing was constructed
in 2004.
The President also participated
in Dussehra celebrations
and interacted with the jawans.
The President reached Drass
in an Indian Air Force helicopter,
accompanied by his daughter
Swati. He was received at
Drass by Ladakh Lt Governor
R.K. Mathur, Ladakh
Autonomous Hill Development
Council Chairman Feroz
Ahmed Khan, and Kargil
District Magistrate Santosh
Sukhdeve.
Prior to reaching Drass,
early in the morning, the
President also paid floral tributes
to the former President Dr
On the RSS chief calling
Taliban terrorists, Owaisi
termed this a direct attack on
Modi, whose government hosted
them in the Indian embassy.
"If they're terrorists, will govt
list them as such under UAPA?
he asked.
He also slammed Bhagwat
for stating that that people in
Kashmir were reaping the benefits
of repealing Article 370.
He pointed out that there have
been 29 targeted killings of
civilians this year and there are
Internet shutdowns and mass
detentions. He said India's
highest unemployment rate of
21.6 per cent is in Jammu and
Kashmir.
On the RSS leader's demand
for National Register of
A.P.J. Kalam on his birth
anniversary at the Northern
Command, Udhampur, in
Jammu and Kashmir.
Late last evening, the
President interacted with the
jawans and officials of all ranks
along with their families at the
Northern Command HQ at
Udhampur. He extended best
wishes to the soldiers on the
occasion of Dussehra.
The President is on a twoday
visit to Ladakh. On
Thursday, he was at Leh, where
he performed Sindhu Darshan
puja.
UK records another 45,066 coronavirus cases
London. Another 45,066
people in Britain have tested
positive for Covid-19,
bringing the total number
of coronavirus cases in the
country to 8,317,439,
according to official figures
released on Thursday. It's
the highest daily number of
coronavirus cases since
mid-July, according to the
official data, Xinhua news
agency reported. The country
also recorded another 157
coronavirus-related deaths. The
total number of coronavirusrelated
deaths in Britain now
stands at 138,237. These figures
only include the deaths of
people who died within 28 days
of their first positive test.
There are currently 7,024
patients in hospital with Covid-
19. The data came as a study
has found coronavirus infections
among children increased
in England last month after
schools reopened.
According to the REACT-1
study led by Imperial College
London, the epidemic was estimated
to be growing among
those under 17, with coronavirus
reproduction number,
also known as the R number,
estimated at 1.18.
The R number indicates
the average number
of people each Covidpositive
person goes on to
infect. An R number
above one means the
coronavirus outbreak is
growing exponentially
while the number below
one means the case rate is
shrinking.
By contrast, the figure
for 18 to 54-year-olds was
estimated at 0.81, indicating
that the epidemic is contracting,
while for those over 55 it
was broadly steady.
More than 85 per cent of
people aged 12 and over in
Britain have had their first dose
of vaccine and more than 78
per cent have received both
doses, the latest figures
showed.
Citizens (NRC), Owaisi said
this was nothing but a weapon
to doubt citizens' Indianness
and harass them. "A govt that
didn't have a count of oxygen
deaths, frontline workers'
deaths, migrant workers' deaths
or farmer suicides thinks it will
verify citizenship of 1.37 billion
Indians."
Stating that Modi failed in
stopping Chinese soldiers from
coming into Ladakh, Sikkim,
Arunachal Pradesh, and
Uttarakhand, he asked why
Bhagwat didn't utter a word
about how our brave-hearts
were treated by Chinese.
"Bhagwat mentioned
Muslim patriots like
Ashfaqullah Khan & Muslims
who had fought in the armies
of Hindu Kings against socalled
Muslim invaders.
Ashfaqullah & Ram Prasad
Bismil were great friends.
Who destroyed such friendships
in the name of
Progressive thinker,
theatre artist G K
Govinda Rao no more
Hubballi (Karnataka).
Noted progressive thinker,
theatre person and writer
Professor G.K. Govinda Rao,
known for his sharp criticism,
passed away in the wee hours
of Friday at his daughter's residence
in Karnataka's
Hubballi.
Rao (86) was active in public
life and participated in all
major public movements in
the state.
Born on April 27, 1937,
Rao started his career as an
English Professor. He had
been a theatre artist for more
than five decades.
Chief Minister Basavaraj
Bommai expressed his condolences
and stated that society
has lost one of the finest
thinkers.
Opposition leader
Siddaramaiah in his condolence
message explained that
Prof. Rao was his well-wisher,
guide and dear friend.
"I am one among the family,
friends and fans who share
the grief of his death. I am
shocked by his death,"
Siddaramaiah maintained.
Minister for Higher
Education
C.N.
Ashwathnarayan stated that
Prof. Rao believed in democratic
values and dialogue. He
raised his voice whenever it
was required in society. "We
Fatherland and Holy land," he
asked.
"The record of Muslim
freedom fighters is such that
even Mohan is compelled to
praise them. The same cannot
be said about RSS & its ideologues.
They were always
epitomes of anti-national
activities & cowardice.
Savarkar advocated use of
rape against Muslim women
during war," Owaisi said.
"RSS cannot coexist in a
society that wants to progress
economically. Society must
choose between RSS's cowardice
& Ashfaqullah Khan's
bravery; RSS's betrayal of
India & Gandhi's patriotism;
RSS's ideology of
whining/resentment &
Maulana Azad's intellect &
education. Society must
choose between RSS's love for
inequality & Ambedkar's
desire for liberty, equality, fraternity
& justice," he added.
have lost a thinker," he added.
Rao had acted in several
Kannada films, including
'Grahana' and has appeared in
lead roles in the Kannada TV
serials, including popular
'Malgudi Days'. He was considered
an authoritative
resource person in the fields
of theatre and cinema.
He also used to give lectures
to university students on
theatre topics.
Rao was a critic of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
noted writer S.L. Bhyrappa
and Late Pejavar Seer on the
issues of the treatment of
minorities and blind beliefs.
His literary works include
'Eshwara Allah', 'Manu versus
Ambedkar; Tamma Ayke
Yavudu', 'Shakespeare
Samvaada' and others.
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