NEW DELHI,14 April 2026 : Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the one who helped the BJP grow and she is also the one to use a use and throw policy with the Muslims, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Tuesday.
Owaisi, who has often been accused of playing the B Team of the BJP by splitting the Muslim vote, has faced similar allegations in Bengal, where he withdrew from backing Trinamool rebel Humayun Kabir.
“We did not absolve ourselves of our ‘sins’ by merely waiting around to secure a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar through an alliance with the RJD. The actual stain lay on the other side. It is Mamata Banerjee who is strengthening the BJP’s position in Bengal; back in 1977, the BJP had only four MLAs,” he said.
“Did the Trinamool not facilitate the BJP’s first parliamentary victory in 1998 and 1999? Subsequently, you (Mamata Banerjee) became the Railway Minister, only to break away later using George [Fernandes] Saab as a pretext. You then rejoined the cabinet as a Minister Without Portfolio — and you did so precisely when the entire nation was pointing fingers at the Gujarat genocide. And now, you are pointing fingers at me,” he added.
He also questioned what the Chief Minister has done for the Muslims.
“Why do you (Mamata Banerjee) not establish SEZs? You treat Muslims like cattle- like cows and buffaloes – milking them for their votes and then casting them aside,” he added.
Regarding his association with Humayun Kabir, Owaisi sounded bitter as well.
“My association with him has ended… Now Humayun claims that he stands with the Trinamool Congress. One could say he has left me in a state akin to that of Laila,” he added.
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