Hyderabad Member of Parliament (MP) Asaduddin Owaisi quoted Pakistani revolutionary poet Habib Jalib on July 29 while speaking on Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha.
Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), read lines from Habib Jalibs’s famous Urdu nazm ‘Dastoor’ to criticise the ‘discriminatory’ Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament last week.
“I wanted to say something about employment. A member just said jobs are being provided. To this I say…phool shakon pe khilne lage, tum kaho, jaam rindon ko milne lage tum kaho, chaak sinon ke silne lage tum kaho, is khule jhhhot ko, zehan ki luut ko, main nahīn manta main nahin jaanta..,” Owaisi said emphasising that the government may keep claiming jobs have been given, but he doesn’t buy.
‘Dastoor’ by Habib Jalib is often quoted during protests and demonstrations. In 1962, Pakistani military dictator Ayub Khan’s enforced an indirect election of an executive president through an electoral college, instead of direct democracy. Jalib called the dictator out and wrote ‘Dastoor.’ The ‘nazm’ basically vents the political frustration of the ordinary Pakistani. Jalib would go on singing the poem in public gatherings and on stages.
Earlier, Owaisi highlighted that Muslims were allegedly ignored in the Budget 2024.
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