Hyderabad, March 1 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul- Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday, March 1 said that Urdu is a language of India and not specific to only Muslims.

Addressing a gathering in Hyderabad on the occasion of the party's 67th foundation day, Owaisi asserted that Urdu is recognised by the Indian Constitution.

"Urdu has been embedded in India's freedom struggle," the Hyderabad MP said while quoting a few couplets by freedom fighters including Ram Prasad Bismil and Bhagat Singh.

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