India / Exclusion of AIMIM from PM Modi's COVID-19 meeting an insult: Owaisi

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that  his party being "denied" participation in the proposed interaction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on COVID-19 was an insult to the people of Hyderabad and Aurgangabad, the two Lok Sabha constituencies represented by it.

In a tweet, tagging the official handle of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), he questioned whether the people of Aurangabad and Hyderabad were lesser humans because they chose the AIMIM.

Reaching out to the Opposition amid the ongoing country-wide lockdown due to coronavirus, Modi will interact with floor leaders of various parties via a video conference on April 8.

. @PMOIndia this is tauheen of the proud people of Aurangabad &Hyderabad. Are they lesser humans because they chose @aimim_national? Pls explain why they're not worthy of your kind attention? As MPs it's our job to represent to you the economic & humanitarian misery of our people pic.twitter.com/AwEFtqOs92

— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) April 4, 2020

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said that floor leaders of parties which have a combined strength of more than five MPs in both houses of parliament will be part of the discussion with the PM on Wednesday at 11 am.

The Hyderabad MP sought to know from the Prime Minister why his  party's representatives were not worthy of any attention. "As MPs it's our job to represent to you, the economic and humanitarian misery of our people," he said.

Owaisi said he wanted to give suggestions on the fight against COVID-19 as Hyderabad at present had 93 active cases."I want to put forth our ideas on how we can fight this pandemic and identify areas where we're lacking," he added.

COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Telangana with 43 people testing positive on Saturday, taking the state's tally to 272.

No deaths were reported on Saturday while one person was discharged from the hospital. With this, 33 people have been discharged from hospitals so far. According to Health Minister Eatela Rajender, there are 228 active cases in different hospitals of the state.