BJP neta fires ‘15 seconds, not 15 mins’ salvo, AIMIM chief Owaisi hits back

HYDERABAD: Igniting a fresh controversy on AIMIM chief Akbaruddin Owaisi’s “if police are removed for 15 minutes” remark, made 11 years ago, Maharashtra BJP leader and former Telugu actress Navneet Kaur Rana on Wednesday retorted, saying “it will take us only 15 seconds” while campaigning for party candidate K Madhavi Latha in Hyderabad constituency.
Rana’s remarks prompted a backlash from Owaisi, who has held the seat since 2004.Launching a scathing attack on Rana, he told reporters, “I’m telling Modi ji. Give her the 15 seconds... give her an hour even. We too want to see what they could do. Who is scared? We are ready.”
Referring to Owaisi’s speech in Telangana in 2013 in which he said that if police are removed for 15 minutes his community would show 100 crore Hindus what they could do, Rana said, “ Owaisi said remove police for 15 minutes, so that they can show what they can do... I want to tell him, it might take you 15 minutes but it will take us 15 seconds.”
Not stopping at that, Rana, who is seeking re-election from Amravati, went on to say that Latha will win and “prevent Hyderabad from becoming another Pakistan.”