BJP’s Madhavi Latha blasts Asaduddin Owaisi over death threat claims

HYDERABAD: On April 8, Bharatiya Janata Party Lok Sabha candidate from Hyderabad Constituency Madhavi Latha criticized AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his death threats claims. She asserted that common people need protection from him, citing his associations with late Mukhtar Ansari and presently with Kings’ Group.
Earlier, on April 1, Owaisi appealed to the Election Commission of India to monitor the alleged threat calls he received after meeting with the family members of late gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Ghaziabad.
In a video on X, the AIMIM president addressed the “evil forces” threatening him, and asserted that he is “not going to go away so easily”. Speaking to the media, Owaisi blamed ‘the atmosphere created in the country’ as the reason behind the threats.
Meanwhile, BJP’s Madhavi Latha took a swipe at Owaisi, saying “It can be Asaduddin Owaisi’s people who are giving him death threats..These are the people who attack others, the public should get security from them.”
“Why does he (Asaduddin Owaisi) need security? He has a friendship with Mukhtar Ansari and the Kings’ group,” she added.
#WATCH | BJP candidate from Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat, Madhavi Latha says “How is Asaduddin Owaisi getting death threats? Is someone pelting stones at him or attacking him? All this is only on social media…It can be Asaduddin Owaisi’s people who are giving him death… pic.twitter.com/O6GJaxROLI
— ANI (@ANI) April 8, 2024
Madhavi Latha will be challenging AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi from Hyderabad constituency in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. The seat has been held by Asaduddin Owaisi, the current Member of Parliament, for the past four elections, since 2004.