Hyderabad, July 2 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday, July 2, skirted the issue of the ruling Congress not having a Muslim minister in its cabinet. The MP, while answering questions from the media, essentially refused to answer the question and told reporters to ask the ruling government.

The question of the lack of a Muslim minister in the ruling Congress government was shot at Asaduddin Owaisi during a long press conference at the AIMIM headquarters at Darussalam in Hyderabad.

The AIMIM and Congress currently have an unofficial alliance, which was formed after the 2023 Telangana state elections. The AIMIM had earlier supported the previous Bharat Rashtra Sam...