Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Niyaz Khan has now attacked Asaduddin Owaisi, president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, after making a scathing remark on The Kashmir Files. He has raised questions on his silence on the issue. It is said that we want India model, not Arab.
Till now, Niaz Khan had vocally taken the side of the Muslim community regarding The Kashmir Files and even talked about considering them as insects, but now he is questioning the silence of Asaduddin Owaisi, who does politics in the name of Muslims. He has asked Owaisi to speak not only during elections but also on humanitarian issues. Khan said that Muslims have to stand shoulder to shoulder with Hindu brothers to build a strong country. Our model is not Arab but India is our model. This land is our motherland.
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Significantly, Niaz Khan had come under the target of BJP leaders after his comments on The Kashmir Files and then the producer of the film also targeted him. The minister of Shivraj government of the state, Vishwas Sarang had even talked about writing a letter to the Personnel Department for action against him and BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma had also said something similar. Several BJP leaders had also condemned his statements. These leaders had even invited him to leave his job and join politics. After this, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri expressed his desire to meet Niaz Khan and said that he wants to talk with him about how the people of Kashmir can be helped. Agnihotri took a dig at the royalty of Niaz Khan’s books and said that he too can give the royalty coming from his books in the form of cooperation in helping the people of Kashmir.