Asaduddin Owaisi, who was in Surat to campaign for his party AIMIM for the Gujarat Assembly election 2022, was left red-faced as he was greeted with black flags and chants of ‘Modi Modi’ on Sunday.
Owaisi was in Surat East constituency to campaign for AIMIM candidate contesting from the seat. A viral video from the poll-bound Gujarat shows that as soon as the Hyderabad MP took the dais, people from the crowd, including some Muslim men, started chanting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name.
They also waved black flags in opposition to Owaisi’s visit to Surat and can be heard saying “wapas jao (go back)”.
Earlier, Owaisi announced that AIMIM is looking to contest in the polls from 30 seats out of the total 182. He has been frequently visiting Gujarat to garner Muslim votes.
In a total population of 6.5 crore in Gujarat, Muslims account for roughly 11 per cent and have a sizeable presence in about 25 Assembly seats.
For the unversed, the BJP has been been ruling the state for more than two decades now.
In 2017, the Congress had given tickets to six Muslims candidates in the state as against seven in 2012.
