India, July 7 -- A verbal tiff broke out between Union minister Kiren Rijiju and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi after the Bharatiya Janata Party leader said India is the only country where minorities are given so many facilities.

The AIMIM leader lashed out at Kiren Rijiju, saying he holds a constitutional post, "not a throne", adding that "minority rights are fundamental rights, not charity".

Rijiju, who is the minority affairs minister, on Friday accused the opposition parties of playing politics in the name of minorities, referring to their objection to the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.

The BJP leader noted that there are six minority communities in the country, Muslim...