India, Jan. 10 -- AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that he dreams of a day when a 'hijab-clad daughter' would become the prime minister of India as he invoked the secular values of the Indian Constitution drafted by Bhim Rao Ambedkar. His remarks prompted a reaction from Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"Baba Sahib's constitution says that any citizen of India can become Prime Minister, CM, or mayor. It is my dream that a day will come when a hijab-clad daughter will become the Prime Minister of this country," Lok Sabha MP Owaisi said at a rally in Solapur, Maharashtra.

Owaisi further said," We may not be around to witness the day, but a day will come when this will be possible."

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