{"id":53437,"date":"2017-01-16T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T12:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=53437"},"modified":"2017-01-16T12:49:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T12:49:08","slug":"baba-bigger-mahatma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/baba-bigger-mahatma\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba bigger than Mahatma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Terming Babasaheb Ambedkar a &#8220;bigger leader&#8221; than Mahatma Gandhi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said it was because of the secular and class-free Constitution given by the Dalit icon which has ensured justice in society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Owaisi&#8217;s remark came during an All-India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) rally in Sambhal as he continued his poll campaign in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-53438\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1000509261001_2033463483001_Mahatma-Gandhi-A-Legacy-of-Peace.jpg\" alt=\"Baba bigger than Mahatma\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1000509261001_2033463483001_Mahatma-Gandhi-A-Legacy-of-Peace.jpg 768w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1000509261001_2033463483001_Mahatma-Gandhi-A-Legacy-of-Peace-500x280.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Ambedkar is a bigger leader than Mahatma Gandhi &#8230; had Ambedkar not given a secular and class-free Constitution, the level of injustice in the country would have been much more and RSS people would not have left any opportunity to spoil the situation,&#8221; Owaisi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Khadi calendars and diaries row, Owaisi said though Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims to be a follower of Mahatma Gandhi but when he got a chance he &#8216;replaced&#8217; the Father of the Nation on the symbols as he deemed it to be a fit time to hold the &#8216;charkha&#8217;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-53439\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/babasaheb.jpg\" alt=\"Baba bigger than Mahatma\" width=\"607\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/babasaheb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/babasaheb-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hyderabad MP also hit out at the PM over the foreign policy, saying before getting elected to the post Modi had said he would give a &#8220;befitting&#8221; reply to Pakistan but sucha response was still to come even after the martyrdom of 28 jawans following the surgical strike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AIMIM national president was also critical of the demonetisation move taken by the Centre on November 8 last year, which he said has &#8220;only troubled the poor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-53440\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/owaisi_d34a9346-dbd5-11e6-a538-54bd197a5a1b.jpg\" alt=\"Baba bigger than Mahatma\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/owaisi_d34a9346-dbd5-11e6-a538-54bd197a5a1b.jpg 960w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/owaisi_d34a9346-dbd5-11e6-a538-54bd197a5a1b-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/owaisi_d34a9346-dbd5-11e6-a538-54bd197a5a1b-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On internal fight in Samajwadi Party, the ruling party in UP, Owaisi said politics in the state has gone &#8220;wayward&#8221; with the son ( Akhilesh Yadav) having no faith in the father (Mulayam Singh ).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terming Babasaheb Ambedkar a &#8220;bigger leader&#8221; than Mahatma Gandhi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said it was because of the secular and class-free Constitution given by the Dalit icon which has ensured justice in society. 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