‘Country Babur came from is honouring PM…’: Owaisi takes dig at Uzbek honour for Modi

On PM Modi being conferred with the Order of “Oliy Darajali Dustlik,” Uzbekistan’s supreme state award, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi said, “I congratulate the BJP; the very country from which Babur came to India has conferred an award upon the Prime Minister. The Fergana Valley is in Uzbekistan. Wherever the Prime Minister goes these days, he returns with an award. Congratulations. You used to hurl so many insults in Babur's name, yet the people of that very country are now honoring you with an award. The Sangh needs to reflect on this... We hope that members of the Sangh Parivar and RSS supporters will no longer speak of Babur in that manner...”