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Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief (AIMIM) chief and prominent Muslim leader, spoke in detail on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in an interview with the news agency, PTI on Sunday. Owaisi rejected RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's placatory statements towards Muslims, calling them hypocritical "cheap talk". He asserted "never shall the Twain meet" because the Hindutva organisation only wants to destroy India's diversity.

"You may be making these conciliatory statements but it is your own people who are doing this (anti-Muslim) tamasha. If you think they are wrong, why are you not stopping them?" Owaisi said in the interview.

He was asked to comment on Bhagwat's remarks that the DNA of Hindus and Muslims is the same, and one should not be looking for a Shivling under every mosque.

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This was in reference to disputes that have emerged in recent months surrounding pre-Independence, Mughal-era or earlier mosques, which some Hindus believe were built by destroying existing temples.

"Are all these people who are going to courts and filing cases (seeking investigation of mosques' origins) not Mohan Bhagwat's acolytes?" said Owaisi, a five-time MP from Hyderabad.

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Make them stop. That means they are not listening to you. Are you helpless to stop them? No, that's also not so. It is in your control. It is happening on your orders. It is happening with your acquiescence," he added.

"This is the theory of confusion of RSS. Bhagwat's statements are hypocritical. This is just cheap talk, loose talk, meant to send a message to America or Gulf Muslim countries," the Hyderabad MP said.

Does Owaisi Want To Meet Bhagwat?

When told that he could simply meet Bhagwat and seek a clarification on his stand, Owaisi said, "I am not anxious to meet him. (Mere pet me dard nahi hai)".

"I know RSS well. We know what its ideology is. RSS wants to destroy this country's pluralism and diversity, and create a theocratic country. This has been said often by their leaders, whether it is Dr Hedgewar or Golwalkar, Deoras, Bhagwat or Rajju Bhaiya," he added.
(With PTI inputs)

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