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Assam CM Himanta’s ‘many Hussain Obama’s in India’ tweet sparks row, attracts flak from opposition

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GUWAHATI:  Reacting to a social media publish speculating if Assam police will move to arrest former US president Barack Obama over his remarks at the alleged vulnerability of minorities in India, Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that there are lots of “Hussain Obama’s in India” and his precedence will likely be in coping with them.

He stated that Assam police will act in step with its personal priorities.

“There are lots of Hussain Obama’s in India itself. We must prioritize caring for them earlier than taking into consideration going to Washington. The Assam police will act in step with our personal priorities,” the BJP chief wrote on Twitter, sharing a publish via a outstanding journalist.

The tweet had requested if the Assam police will move to the United States to apprehend the previous US president.

“Has an FIR been filed in Guwahati but towards Obama for hurting sentiment? Is Assam police on its option to Washington to get Obama offloaded from some flight and arrest him?” the journalist wrote.

The tweet used to be it seems that relating to FIRs being lodged in Assam towards opposition leaders over their remarks in numerous portions of the rustic.

Assam police had travelled to other places or even made arrests, together with deplaning and apprehending Congress chief Pawan Khera in February and arresting then-Impartial Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani ultimate yr.

Obama in an interview to CNN on Thursday had stated that India might “pull aside” if the rights of the non secular and ethnic minorities don’t seem to be upheld.

“If the (US) President meets with Top Minister Modi, then the security of the Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is price citing. If I had a dialog with Top Minister Modi, who I do know smartly, a part of my argument could be that if you do not give protection to the rights of ethnic minorities in India, there’s a robust risk that India would someday get started pulling aside,” Obama had stated.

GUWAHATI:  Reacting to a social media publish speculating if Assam police will move to arrest former US president Barack Obama over his remarks at the alleged vulnerability of minorities in India, Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that there are lots of “Hussain Obama’s in India” and his precedence will likely be in coping with them.

He stated that Assam police will act in step with its personal priorities.

“There are lots of Hussain Obama’s in India itself. We must prioritize caring for them earlier than taking into consideration going to Washington. The Assam police will act in step with our personal priorities,” the BJP chief wrote on Twitter, sharing a publish via a outstanding journalist.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The tweet had requested if the Assam police will move to the United States to apprehend the previous US president.

“Has an FIR been filed in Guwahati but towards Obama for hurting sentiment? Is Assam police on its option to Washington to get Obama offloaded from some flight and arrest him?” the journalist wrote.

The tweet used to be it seems that relating to FIRs being lodged in Assam towards opposition leaders over their remarks in numerous portions of the rustic.

Assam police had travelled to other places or even made arrests, together with deplaning and apprehending Congress chief Pawan Khera in February and arresting then-Impartial Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani ultimate yr.

Obama in an interview to CNN on Thursday had stated that India might “pull aside” if the rights of the non secular and ethnic minorities don’t seem to be upheld.

“If the (US) President meets with Top Minister Modi, then the security of the Muslim minority in a Hindu majority India is price citing. If I had a dialog with Top Minister Modi, who I do know smartly, a part of my argument could be that if you do not give protection to the rights of ethnic minorities in India, there’s a robust risk that India would someday get started pulling aside,” Obama had stated.