"Even When Their Buffalo...": A Owaisi Taunts Himanta Sarma For "Miya" Remark

Himanta Biswa Sarma stirred a huge controversy earlier on Friday by claiming Muslim vegetable sellers are jacking up vegetable prices in Assam's Guwahati.

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday night taunted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for blaming the soaring prices of vegetables on Muslim vendors. Perhaps they blame their personal failures on "Miya bhai" as well, he said. देश में एक ऐसी मंडिली है जिसके घर अगर भैंस दूध ना दे या मुर्ग़ी अण्डा ना दे तो उसका इल्ज़ाम भी मियाँ जी पर ही लगा देंगे। शायद अपने “निजी” नाकामियों का ठीकरा भी मियाँ भाई के सर ही फोड़ते होंगे।आज कल मोदी जी की विदेशी मुसलमानों से गहरी यारी चल रही है, उन्हीं से कुछ टमाटर, पालक, आलू… https://t.co/1MtjCnrmDT

Mr Sarma stirred a huge controversy earlier on Friday by claiming Muslim vegetable sellers are jacking up vegetable prices, and if "Assamese people" sold vegetables, they would've never charged "their Assamese people" more.

"Who are the people who have increased the price of vegetables so much? They are Miya traders, who are selling vegetables at a higher price," Mr Sarma reportedly said.