New Delhi, July 7 -- AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on July 7 slammed Union Minister Kiren Rijiju for the latter's comments, saying that India is the only country where the minorities get 'more benefits and protections' than the majority community.

The Hyderabad MP countered Rijiju's remarks given to a newspaper by claiming that India's minorities are not even second-class citizens anymore and are, in fact, 'hostages.'

"You are a Minister of the Indian Republic, not a monarch Kiren Rijiju. You hold a constitutional post, not a throne. Minority rights are fundamental rights, not charity," Owaisi wrote in a post on X, quoting Rijiju, who had shared his interview with the Indian Express.

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