22 CRORE MUSLIMS OFFER PRAYERS TO TOPPLE MODI GOVERNMENT:AWADH OJHA

22 CRORE MUSLIMS OFFER PRAYERS TO TOPPLE MODI GOVERNMENT:AWADH OJHA

14-JULY-ENG 14

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA---------------------------Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and renowned coaching teacher Awadh Ojha has stated that the country's 22 crore Muslims are offering prayers to bring down the Modi government, yet they are unable to succeed. He noted that this has left the country's Muslims frustrated.

Ojha made these remarks during a podcast. While responding in detail to a question regarding 'Operation Sindoor' and Pakistan, he observed that people in this country cheer and applaud at mentions of Pakistan and Muslims.

The question regarding 'Operation Sindoor' was raised during a podcast uploaded on Sunday to a YouTube channel named 'Sonu Sharma'. In response, Ojha first spoke about democracy and then, referring to the public's tendency to rejoice at the mention of Pakistan and Muslims, said, "What do our leaders do? They go to deliver speeches. If a leader speaks about national income, the public will fall asleep or just sit there—mostly because they were promised samosas and tea. They will just sit there. The leader realizes there is no applause, so he declares, 'We will reduce Pakistan to dust,' and the public stands up and claps. After all, the leader just wants applause, doesn't he? In a country where the public cheers at the mention of Pakistan...? We are supposed to fight Pakistan—that destitute, starving nation? It is naked, while we are dressed in *kurta-pyjama*; if we fight it, it will tear our *kurta-pyjama*. If we must fight, we should fight China—the one wearing a suit and tie; we could snatch their tie and their watch. Why would you jump into a slum just to commit a robbery?"

Ojha remarked that it is unclear when this country will realize that one shouldn't fight against the destitute. He reiterated that Muslims are offering prayers to topple the Modi government but are failing to do so, causing them distress. Ojha added, "They applaud at the mention of Pakistan; they applaud at the mention of Muslims. [They say] 'We have set the Muslims straight'—but they were already fine." "They themselves are in a state of distress; 220 million people are offering *Namaz*, yet Modi's government isn't falling. They can't figure out where the problem lies—perhaps they are offering prayers incorrectly, or the verses are getting jumbled. They are caught in a dilemma. 220 million people are praying... yet, if just four people cast a curse here, a person's household can be ruined. People often attribute such misfortunes to curses they’ve cast. But here, with 220 million people praying, they fail to realize that their prayers are heading in the wrong direction—that the Almighty isn't listening to them."

In a podcast, Awadh Ojha responded to a question about contesting the election from the Patparganj constituency and his subsequent defeat. He said, "I didn't lose; I was the runner-up. Rahul Gandhi loses; I don't. When I first arrived for the election, party officials were upset; they felt, 'They’ve fielded *him*? We’ve been toiling for 15 years—what fools.' I understood their anger was justified. I knew I had to win them over with affection. I started visiting the homes of every party worker and appealed to them with folded hands. Gradually, the entire party rallied behind me. I didn't lose to my opponent; I lost to Modi *ji*. Modi *ji* touched my opponent's feet. When a Prime Minister touches someone's feet—especially in an area like Patparganj, where 70 percent of the people support the BJP—it makes a difference. I had struggled hard to convince them about the *Purvanchal* factor; people were finally coming around, but when Modi *ji* touched those feet, his popularity surged. The only thing left that could have countered that was if Obama had touched *my* feet. The people of Patparganj gave me immense love. When I first started, people predicted I’d get only a thousand votes. Well-wishers advised me against contesting, warning that the situation was dire and that I would lose my security deposit. Yet, when I persisted, they stood by me."