BJP leader announces Rs 10m reward for cutting Asaduddin Owaisi’s tongue

NEW DELHI (92 News) – Political tempers are running high after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement that he would never chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'. Now, an Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shyam Prakash Dwiwedi has announced a reward of Rs 10 million to whoever cuts Owaisi's tongue. Calling Owaisi a traitor, BJP leader Shyam Prakash Dwivedi said he has no right to stay in India. Rejecting RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's suggestion of teaching students to chant slogans hailing mother India, Owaisi, the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad had said he would not chant 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' even if a knife is put to his throat. He had added that nowhere in the Constitution does it says that one should chant the slogan.