‘If you know of Bangladeshis in Bihar…’: Owaisi jabs Centre over Pahalgam attack by Pak infiltrators

Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief links Bihar voter revision with alleged security failures in Kashmir

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the central government about finding illegal immigrants in Bihar, where a voter roll revision is underway, “when you did not even know how four terrorists from Pakistan reached Kashmir's Pahalgam and killed 26 of our Hindu brothers”.

Asaduddin Owaisi, whose party has a minor presence in Bihar's electoral scene, was speaking at a function in Telangana's Nizamabad. (PTI File)

President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which has a minor presence in Bihar's electoral scene, Owaisi was speaking at a function in Telangana's Nizamabad.

“If you (central government) say you know about the presence of Bangladeshis in Bihar and about Rohingyas, then how did four terrorists reach Pahalgam?” he said in a video shared by news agency ANI on Thursday.

He also criticised Jammu and Kashmir's lieutenant governor, Manoj Sinha, for “belatedly” taking responsibility for security failures that led to the terror attack. “Then why don't you resign?” he asked.

In revenge after the Pahalgam attack of April 22, India targeted terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir under Operation Sindoor in May.

"You said we have to take revenge for Pahalgam. So keep Operation Sindoor going till all four terrorists are caught," Owaisi said, adding, “We will keep asking you questions until those terrorists are caught.”

Sinha, who spoke about the failures and his responsibility in an interview earlier this week, said on Wednesday that the terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack have been identified and will soon be dealt with.

"Good news will come, but it's not appropriate to disclose a specific date. Over the past five years, even the highest leaders of various terrorist organisations are no longer alive, and they will meet the same fate," Sinha said at a function.

As for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar — which Owaisi mentioned in his jabs at the Centre — the exercise has run into controversy as opposition parties fear eligible voters may be deleted over communal reasons. The issue is pending with the Supreme Court too.