TDP MP Prasad on Owaisi on his ‘Jai Palestine’ remark

New Delhi: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP T Krishna Prasad on Tuesday said he was “shocked” after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi took oath as a Lok Sabha member with the words “I have Palestine”.

AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday concluded his swearing-in as a member of the Lok Sabha with the words “Jai Palestine”.

“I am happy and proud to take oath in Sanskrit… As far as Asaduddin Owaisi is concerned, the people of the country would have been happy if he had said: Jai Bharat… I was shocked when I heard him say that. He could have said Jai Bharat and Jai Hindustan,” the TDP MP told ANI.

While taking oath as an MP in the 18th session of the Lok Sabha, Owaisi ended his oath with the words “Jai Bhim, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine”.

Taking to his official X handle, Owaisi posted, “I have taken oath as a member of the Lok Sabha for the fifth time. Inshallah, I will continue to sincerely address the issues of the marginalized in India.”

Speaking to ANI, Owaisi said, “Everyone is saying a lot of things… I just said ‘Jai Bhim, Jai Meem, Jai Telangana, Jai Palestine’… How is it against, show the provision of the Constitution?

When asked the reason for saying “Jai Palestine”, Owaisi replied: “Waha ki awaam mahroom hai (The people there are destitute). Mahatma Gandhi said so many things about Palestine and we can go and read them.

Many Palestinians have faced the full brunt of the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel.