Will government tell tourists to keep off Taj, asks Owaisi

October 16, 2017 11:43 pm | Updated 11:43 pm IST - Hyderabad

NEW DELHI  03/02/2017:  Asaduddin Owaisi,MP during Budget session of Parliament,in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

NEW DELHI 03/02/2017: Asaduddin Owaisi,MP during Budget session of Parliament,in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

Responding to comments by Sangeet Som, BJP MLA, questioning the Taj Mahal’s place in history, Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, on Monday asked if the government would tell tourists not to visit the monument.

Mr. Owaisi, Hyderabad MP, tweeted, “Traitors also build Red Fort, will Modi stop hoisting Tiranga? Can Modi and Yogi tell domestic and foreign tourist not to visit Taj Mahal?” He said Hyderabad House in Delhi, the venue where the Centre hosts foreign dignitaries, was built by a “traitor”.

It was built by Osman Ali Khan, the last Nizam, on land offered by the British.

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