Want to see hijab-wearing woman as India’s PM, says country’s top Muslim leader Owaisi

• Shubham
• 26 October, 2022

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By: Shubham Ghosh

Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and a parliamentarian from the southern city of Hyderabad, on Tuesday (25) said he wished to see a hijab (headscarf)-wearing woman to become India’s next prime minister.

He said this while speaking to the media after campaigning in Bijapur in the southern state of Karnataka for the upcoming municipal corporation elections.

#WATCH | I wish to see a woman with hijab as the Prime Minister of India: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi (25.10)

(Video source: AIMIM) pic.twitter.com/bMpk5EUaTL

— ANI (@ANI) October 26, 2022

The AIMIM is contesting in four wards of the election scheduled for October 28.

On Tuesday, Owaisi held a door-to-door campaign and a roadshow.

AIMIM President Br @asadowaisi Sb roadshow in Bijapur. Mahanagar Palika Elections are due for October 28. AIMIM is contesting on 4 seats.#VoteForKite#VoteForAIMIM pic.twitter.com/PzclU82SOR

— Kausar Mohiuddin (@kausarmohiuddin) October 25, 2022

The Hindu right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, which rules both India and Karnataka, hit back at Owaisi asking when the latter’s party would have a hijab-wearing woman as its chief.

ओवैसी जी को उम्मीद है कि हिजाब पहनने वाली लड़की भारत की PM बनेगी! वैसे संविधान किसी को रोकता नहीं है, लेकिन हमें बताएं कि हिजाब पहनने वाली लड़की AIMIM की अध्यक्ष कब बनेगी?

चलिए वहीं से शुरुआत करे? pic.twitter.com/XNYP3Fqk1i

— Shehzad Jai Hind (@Shehzad_Ind) October 26, 2022