Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar has challenged AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi to appoint a burqa-clad woman as the president of his party before aspiring for a hijab-wearing woman to become India’s Prime Minister. Kumar criticized AIMIM for allegedly lacking representation of Muslim women in decision-making roles within the party and questioned the sincerity of its empowerment rhetoric.
Kumar highlighted the BJP’s efforts in promoting women leaders from minority communities, citing an example where a female candidate contested against Owaisi and later served on the National Commission for Minorities. He accused AIMIM of intimidating Muslim women activists who question the party’s practices and criticized Owaisi for imposing restrictions on women within the party and in public life.
The Union Minister praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his initiatives benefiting Muslim women, such as the abolition of triple talaq and providing legal protection and welfare measures directly to women. Kumar contrasted BJP’s approach of empowering women across religions with what he described as Owaisi’s contradictory stance of advocating empowerment while restricting women’s roles within the party and society.
