Owaisi hits out at BJP over 'proper verification' of Muslim women voters in Delhi

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday led an attack on the BJP. He said that the saffron party wants to target Muslim women and create problems for them in the voting process. Owaisi's remarks came after the BJP Delhi unit called on the Chief Electoral Officer and demanded proper verification of burqa-clad women to be done during polling in Delhi.

AIMIM chief shared a post on X, saying, "The Delhi unit of the BJP has told the Election Commission that there should be a special checking of women in burqa. During the recent Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, their candidate publicly insulted and harassed Muslim women. In every election, the BJP finds some excuse or the other to harass and target Muslim women."

He further added, "The Election Commission has clear rules and regulations for women who do not observe purdah, whether they are in burqa or veil or mask, no one is allowed to vote without verification, so why did the BJP have to make such a special demand? Just target Muslim women, harass them and create obstacles to voting."

On May 22, a Delhi BJP delegation comprising MLAs Ajay Mahawar and Mohan Singh Bisht, State Secretary Kishan Sharma and lawyer Neeraj Gupta met the Chief Electoral Officer. They submitted a memorandum demanding a proper verification of women voters wearing burqas coming to cast votes in Delhi on May 25.

This month, a video of BJP candidate Madhavi Latha contesting from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat went viral in which she was seen checking the identities of Muslim women voters at a polling station.

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