Terming Hindi as an elder sister of Marathi, the newly elected SP MLA Abu Azmi said that he would make efforts to bring Hindi in Maharashtra assembly.
Facing the ire from MNS for defying its diktats, Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi today challenged his detractors saying that he would make efforts to "bring Hindi in the Maharashtra assembly".
Terming Hindi as elder sister of Marathi, the newly elected SP MLA Azmi during a function organised at the party headquarters here said, "The country would be run as per the provisions of the Constitution. And I will make efforts to bring Hindi in Maharashtra assembly."
"If the SP workers have to sacrifice every drop of their blood, they would do so for the honour of countrymen," Azmi said throwing a challenge to start the use of Hindi in the Maharashtra assembly .
On the controversy, Azmi said that he respects both Marathis and Mumbai, where people come to fulfil their dreams, but would not adhere to the MNS diktats. "Nahin aati to kya karoon, rozi roti kamou ya schooljaoun," (What can I do if I donot know Marathi. Should I go to school to learn it or work for my living) he asked.
Azmi said that by taking oath in Hindi, he had performed the same task as being done by the Committee for official languages, which has MPs as its members and works for encouraging the use of Hindi all over the country.
Azmi also questioned the SP chief for supporting the previous Congress-led UPA government and said, "Jis saanp ko doohd pilaya, vahi aaj das raha hai."
On Kalyan Singh, the SP MLA said now that he has gone, he would lend whatever strength he has to the BJP, "while by bringing him along we had negated one of our rivals." Azmi, who is an accused in the Mumbai blast case and was given a clean chit by party leader Amar Singh said that he was framed and made an untouchable for helping the people during the riots.
Questioning whether any of the Congress leaders had visited Sanjarpur, Batala House or Assam, where Muslims were being harassed, Azmi stressed that it was only SP leaders, who had stood by the community during hard times.
The SP MLA gave a call to the partymen and Muslims to contribute one brick each for rebuilding the Babri mosque demolished during the reign of Kalyan Singh in 1992, after the Congress had promised to rebuild it at the same place.
He also lashed out at former Muslim partymen like Safiqur Rehman Burq and Azam Khan saying that they had gone as their demands for ticket allotment were not met. He also took a dig at Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, for criticising Sachin Tendulkar.
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