Hyderabad, Aug 29 (PTI) In a scathing attack on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday advised him against burdening Indian women with his “three children a family” theory.

He also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging that animosity against Muslims was "institutionalised" during his tenure.

In an exclusive interview to PTI Videos, Owaisi accused the RSS and organisations sponsored or supported by it of being responsible for "spreading anti-Muslims hatred".

Citing the 2011 census, the AIMIM leader said the Muslim population growth rate is decreasing and stood at 14.23 per cent compared to nearly 80 per cent of Hindus.

“And now you are saying, okay, give birth to three children. Who are you to enter into people's family lives? Why are you trying to put a burden on Indian women, who might have their own different priorities in their lives? So, this is a classic double speak of RSS,” he said.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had on Thursday said every Indian family should have three children to keep the population sufficient and under control.

Bhagwat also said RSS doesn't believe in attacking anyone, especially on religious lines.

In response, the Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP cited numerous examples wherein Bhagwat called Muslims "chori ka samaan (stolen goods) and Mughal badshaah ki aulad (descendants of Mughal rulers)." “Who is holding all the dharam sansads and calling for an open genocide of Muslims, open rape of women?" he asked.

They claim to have no connection with all these rightwing organisations, he added.

“So, it is the RSS-sponsored, RSS-supported organisations, which talk about, perpetuate hate against Muslims. In fact, hate against Muslims has been institutionalised during Mr. Narendra Modi's tenure,” he alleged.

Owaisi further said people of the country should recognise the need to remove the BJP from power in the upcoming election, giving them a political retirement.

“We must not give them this comfort of retiring, they themselves retiring. It is the people of India and democracy, I hope, and we are striving for it that they (BJP) should be retired from politics forever,” he opined.

According to Owaisi, V D Savarkar propounded the two-nation theory in his 19th session of the Hindu Mahasabha in Ahmedabad in 1937, and later in 1940, it was espoused by the Muslim League.

Responding to Bhagwat's claim that conversion and illegal migration are key reasons for the country's demographic imbalance, Owaisi questioned whether PM Modi had asked Sheikh Hasina, when she was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, as to why Bangladeshis are entering India.

"Did the Centre suspend any BSF officers on the issue of Bangladeshis illegally entering India?" he asked.

"It is your failure. Let the country know the percentage of Bangladeshis in India from 2014 to 2024." Regarding the US imposing punitive sanctions against India, the Hyderabad MP claimed that the Modi government should have foreseen the action.

"Where are all those Modi supporters who said the PM had a good equation with Trump and it is going to be a cakewalk for us?" he questioned.

He alleged that the union government is not coming to rescue the poor, who will be affected by the 50 per cent tariffs imposed by the US.

Owaisi also sought to know why the BJP spokespersons have not condemned the statements of White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, labelling the Ukraine conflict as “Modi’s war”.

"Why are they maintaining silence on all these statements coming out from this person (Navarro)," he said.

On the judicial commission report on the November 2024 Sambhal violence, which was submitted to UP CM Yogi Adityanath, he claimed that an independent and unbiased report cannot be expected from a panel "which was working under a government that used bulldozers to destroy Muslim homes".

The report highlighted major demographic shifts in Sambhal, noting that the Hindu population fell from 45 per cent at the time of Independence to 15 per cent now, while Muslims presently make up 85 per cent of the population. PTI GDK SJR ROH