Overview

• Union Minister Kiren Rijiju cited Modi government’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ mantra and Ministry of Minority Affairs schemes to argue that minorities receive more support than the majority community.
• Asaduddin Owaisi responded that minority rights are constitutional guarantees and highlighted daily abuses such as hate slurs, lynchings, and property demolitions faced by Muslims.
• Owaisi accused the government of defunding key Muslim student programs, including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship and major scholarships, pointing to data showing declining Muslim enrollment in higher education.
• He criticized the Waqf (Amendment) Act for forcing non-Muslim majorities onto Waqf boards while excluding Muslim representation on Hindu endowment boards.
• In response to migration arguments, Owaisi emphasized that Indian Muslims remain not out of contentment but out of a longstanding commitment to fight for democratic rights despite past communal violence.