"India is the only country where the minorities get more benefits and protections than the majority community." says Minorities Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.
"The main point we have to understand is that minority communities are receiving more funds and support from the government than the majority community... i.e., the Hindus."
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) shot back saying: "...Minority rights are fundamental rights, not charity".
"You are a Minister of the Indian Republic, not a monarch. You hold a constitutional post, not a throne," hit back Owaisi, who was recently part of a parliamentary delegation overseas on Operation Sindoor and had backed the Modi government for 'teaching' lessons to Pakistan aftermath the terror attack in Pahalgam.
He added that being called names like Pakistani, Bangladeshi, jihadi, or Rohingya every single day is not a "benefit", nor is being lynched or having homes and religious sites bulldozed illegally. "Is it an 'honour' to be the target of hate speeches from no less than the Prime Minister of India?" he asked.
Rijiju stated that Indian Muslims don't migrate to other countries because of the benefits provided under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's welfare schemes.
"How come minorities from our neighbouring countries prefer to come to India & our minorities don't migrate?" he tweeted.
Owaisi responded sharply, saying, "According to Hon'ble Minister Against Minorities, if we don't migrate it means we are happy. Actually, we are not in the habit of fleeing: we did not run away from the British, we did not run away during partition, and we did not run away because of Jammu, Nellie, Gujarat, Moradabad, Delhi etc massacres."
"Our history is proof that we neither collaborate with our oppressors nor do we hide from them. We know how to fight for our democratic rights and we will inshallah," Owaisi said.
Owaisi urged Rijiju not to compare Indian Muslims to minorities in "failed states" like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
"We are not asking to be compared with other minorities of other countries. We are not asking for more than what the majority community gets. We are demanding what the Constitution promises: social, economic, and political justice," he said.
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