Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs, Bandi Sanjay claimed on Sunday, September 22, that a member of an internationally banned terrorist organisation is employed in Fathima Owaisi College in Hyderabad.
Addressing the media, the BJP leader alleged a member of “Hizb ut-Tahrir”, an internationally banned terrorist organisation is working as a faculty in the Owaisi-owned college and alleging that this individual is spreading extremist thoughts among students. He also dismissed accusations of Islamophobia regarding his earlier comments.
Bandi Sanjay’s polarising comment came days after All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi called out a recent statement made by BJP’s Karimnagar MP as Islamophobic.
Asaduddin Owaisi slams Bandi Sanjay over remarks on Madrasas
Union minister of state Bandi Sanjay stirred up a controversy after he accused madrasas of “fostering terrorism” and threatening national security. He alleged that some madrasas were teaching children to use AK-47 rifles with brooms”.
Asaduddin Owaisi took to social media platform X on Thursday to denounce the BJP leader’s remarks and called every Indian to condemn Bandi Sanjay’s communal comments.
Bandi Sanjay is known for making statements that incite communal tension and polarise society.
