YSR Congress Party leader and former MLA Hafiz Khan criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on March 18 over his remarks at an Iftar party, accusing him of making false statements regarding welfare measures for the Muslim community.
Speaking to ANI, Hafiz Khan alleged that Naidu had lied about funds, honourariums, and development initiatives targeted at Muslims. “In the auspicious month of Ramadan, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu gave an Iftar party on behalf of the government. On the occasion when Muslims give a lot of importance to spirituality, he has spoken false statements and has lied on record,” he said.
Hafiz Khan condemned the Chief Minister’s claims during the event, disputing the announcement of Rs. 100 crore allocated to the Dudekula Corporation and the increase of honourariums for Imams and Moazzams. He asserted that Naidu’s government had done nothing for the Muslim community in the past two years.
“The lies are that he never gave Rs. 100 crore to the Dudekula Corporation, he didn’t raise the Imams and Moazzam an honourarium of Rs. 5000 and Rs. 10,000. He didn’t do anything for the benefit of the Muslim community with respect to women who were promised monthly pensions, allotment of Eidgahs and Kabristans, or the development of the Muslim community in any way. In fact, what he did in these years is blatant misuse of his powers by supporting the NDA government and giving arms to the Waqf Act, where they can betray the Muslim community....
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