A woman wearing a hijab will become the Prime Minister of India one day - Owaisi's comment creates a stir

A heated debate has arisen in the country's political arena over his comment on the post of Prime Minister of India. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently claimed that a Hindu person will always be the Prime Minister of India. All Indian Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi has strongly protested against his statement.

While addressing a public meeting in Solapur, Maharashtra on Saturday (January 10), Owaisi said that according to the Constitution of India, the rights of any citizen cannot be restricted on the basis of religion. He said that the Constitution written by Babasaheb Ambedkar has given equal rights to every citizen of the country and according to that any citizen can become the Prime Minister, Chief Minister or Mayor. At that time, he said that he dreams that one day a woman wearing a hijab will also become the Prime Minister of India.

Strongly criticizing Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement, Owaisi said that the Chief Minister of Assam is failing to understand the essence of the Constitution. He claimed that Babasaheb Ambedkar was much more educated and farsighted than Himanta Biswa Sarma and therefore drafted such an inclusive constitution.

In response to Owaisi's statement, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that there is no restriction in the constitution on becoming the Prime Minister. However, according to him, India is a country of Hindu civilization and that is why only a Hindu can sit as the Prime Minister. The controversy surrounding this comment intensified.

Meanwhile, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said in this regard that if Owaisi wants to see a woman wearing a hijab as the Prime Minister, then first elect a woman wearing a hijab as the president of his party AIMIM. However, Owaisi did not give any separate response to this comment.

Criticizing the BJP government, Owaisi said that the current government is also interfering with the right of Muslim women to wear the hijab. He claimed that the politics of hatred cannot last long and the people of the country will answer for it one day. By bringing religious identity to the fore over the post of Prime Minister, this rhetorical war has brought to the fore the questions of the Constitution, secularism, and civil rights in Indian politics.