Owaisi to take Legal Action Against Yateen Oza

July 12, 2016 13:03

Former BJP MLA Yateen Oza who is planning to join AAP alleged on Monday that Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi of nexus in the fielding of candidates in Bihar elections.

However Owaisi rejected the allegations by commenting that all the allegations are “baseless” .

Yateen Oza wrote a letter to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in which he said that MIM was in cahoots with the BJP for the elections.

Owaisi threatened that he will take legal action against all those who created this rumors. He said he will take action against the MLA and also against all media houses who carried this news.

“My lawyers are already at work. We will send him a notice asking him to prove his allegations or face legal action. They will have to apologise or appear before a court,” he said.

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Seizing on Oza's claims, AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, "If it is true, it reveals the real face of BJP-Modi-Shah".

Yateen Oza wrote the letter to Kejriwal on July 4. He claimed that he was also present at the meeting which was held "in the wee hours at Shah's residence on September 15, 2015."

He further alleged Owaisi also gave a statement to extend legal aid to suspected IS operatives held in Hyderabad also "appears to be part of the aforesaid strategy."

Speaking to media persons, Oza, a lawyer at Gujarat High Court, said, "I was present at the said meeting. A detailed discussion took place and it was agreed that Owaisi shall field his candidates in Bihar, particularly in Muslim belt that was to go to polls on November 5 (last phase). It was decided in the meeting that Owaisi will vomit poisonous communal speech, the script of which shall be written by Amit Shah, which may have the potentiality to create a communal divide in the society.”

"It was decided in the meeting that BJP and Owaisi would stand as strong opponents of each other before the people, but Owaisi would only speak on dotted lines and his speech would create an atmosphere of hatred resulting into communal tension," it said.

Gujarat BJP's media convener Harshad Patel said "just like their leader Kejriwal, people who are either associated with AAP or wanting to join that party are known to do such drama. Allegations by Oza are nothing but an attempt to get the attention of media. Owaisi has already refuted Oza's claims.”