Owaisi Slams NCP Chief Sharad Pawar; 'Saved Sanjay Raut, Let Nawab Malik Go To Jail'
"This is the reality that Saheb (Sharad Pawar) took the name of Sanjay Raut but not Nawab Malik. Are Sanjay and Nawab not equal," Owaisi asked. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday slammed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar and questioned why the former Maharashtra Chief Minister didn't meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Nawab Malik's arrest as he did for Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut. Addressing a public meeting in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi, Owaisi said, "BJP, NCP, Congress, SP are the secular parties. They think that they should not go to jail but it is okay if someone Muslim party member goes. NCP chief Sharad Pawar goes to meet PM Modi to urge him not to take any action against Sanjay Raut. I want to ask NCP workers why Pawar did not the same thing for Nawab Malik." 'Is Raut more important than Malik?' He asked if Sanjay Raut has become more important for the NCP than Nawab Malik.