Hyderabad, July 7 -- Hyderabad MP and All India Majlis e Ittehad Ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, July 7, criticized Union minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju over his statement that minorities in the country are "benefiting" more from the government than Hindus. "Whatever Hindus get, minorities get too. But what minorities get, Hindus don't," Rijiju had said.

Responding sharply, Owaisi wrote on X, "You are a Minister of the Indian Republic, not a monarch. You occupy a constitutional office, not a throne. Minority rights are fundamental rights, not charity."

He also questioned, "Is it a 'benefit' to be addressed as Pakistani, Bangladeshi, jihadi, or Rohingya every day? Is it 'protection' to be lynch...