Controversy over Rita Ahwad’s statement
With dates for the assembly elections in Maharashtra yet to be announced, all parties are mounting election boards, while the BJP has an opportunity to attack the controversial statement of Rita Ahwad, wife of NCP Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Ahwad. The BJP has strongly objected to the comparison of former President APJ Abdul Kalam with the slain Al-Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden. Rita Ahwad made this statement during a meeting in Thane. Condemning the statement, the BJP said that Muslims in India want Abdul Kalam, not Osama bin Laden.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonewala said that India’s alliance has always had a soft corner on terrorism. The result is that Jitendra Ahwad’s wife has now compared Osama Bin Laden to APJ Abdul Kalam. The BJP said that Abdul Kalam studied in Rameswaram. He was educated in Sanatan Dharma, he was educated in India, but everyone knows what education Osama bin Laden received.
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Rita Ahwad made this controversial statement during a speech at an event related to women at Kalwa Mumbra assembly seat in Thane city. After which there has been an uproar. His statement is from yesterday. While explaining the importance of education, he compared Osama bin Laden with Dr. Abdul Kalam. He said that why Osama did not become like Abdul Kalam in his life?
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He said why did Kiyosama become a terrorist? He was not a born terrorist. Society made him so, then what happened? He was murdered. So society should study and learn. People read the biography of Abdul Kalam.
Clarifications were given as the controversy grew
However, Rita Ahwad clarified the controversy over this statement. He said that today’s generation does not read. So we asked them to read biographies of veterans. I instructed the youth to read APJ Abdul Kalam’s book Wings of Fire to get rid of mobile addiction. I wanted to tell the other side by giving the example of Kalam’s life. No one is born a terrorist, they are made.
Let us tell you that Mumbra Kalwa is the assembly constituency of Jitendra Ahwad. It is a Muslim dominated area. More than 60 percent of the population here belongs to the minority community.
