Just hours after her video comparing former Indian president Abdul Kalam to Al Qaeda terrorist Osama Bin Laden went viral, Ruta Awhad, who is wife of Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) MLA Jitendra Awhad sought to clarify her statement. As reported by news agency ANI, Awhad blamed editing for her statements having been taken out of context.
On her statement urging people to read Osama Bin Laden's autobiography, she said that she was asking youngsters to take their minds off mobile phones and read books.
"...Nobody is good or bad by birth but he became so bad..." she said as quoted by ANI.
Thane: On her statement on Osama Bin Laden, Ruta Awhad, wife of NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad says, "Today's generation doesn't read. So, I told them to leave their mobile phone and read instead. I had told them to read 'Wings of Fire' by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. His journey is… pic.twitter.com/pnOlOULp3K
— ANI (@ANI) September 27, 2024
What did Ruta Awhad say previously?
Awhad's video created quite a stir.
"Read the biography of Osama Bin Laden. Just like APJ Abdul Kalam became Kalam Saheb, Osama became a terrorist. But why did he become a terrorist? He was not born one. Society made him one. He became a terrorist out of frustration," Awhad can be heard saying in Hindi in the video.
'Society Made Him Terrorist': Jitendra Awhad's Wife, Ruta Awhad Compares Osama Bin Laden to Abdul Kalam.
— Megh Updates ™ (@MeghUpdates) September 27, 2024
“You must read the biography of Osama Bin Laden. How APJ Abdul Kalam became the president is similar to the way Osama Bin Laden became a terrorist.
But why did he become a… pic.twitter.com/ToO1KsP1Ke
BJP went on the offensive after Ruta Awhad's comment. Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused INDIA alliance of having a 'soft corner' for terrorists. In a press conference, he mentioned a list of Opposition leaders and accused them of supporting terrorists like Ajmal Amir Kasab, Afzal Guru and more.
#WATCH | Delhi: On the statement by NCP-SCP leader Jitendra Awhad's wife on Osama Bin Laden, BJP Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla says, "All the alliance parties of the INDI Alliance...have a soft corner towards terrorists. Senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar gave a clean chit… pic.twitter.com/aWrOeJnPex
— ANI (@ANI) September 27, 2024