'Wasn't aiming at masjid!' — in Hyderabad, BJP's Madhavi Latha takes questions on secularism head on

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Hyderabad: On her padayatra canvassing for votes in Hyderabads Old City Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) parliamentary candidate, Kompella Madhavi Latha, is interrupted by a young Muslim law student who happens to be passing by..

Latha, with red kumkum paste melting down her forehead onto her nose in the hot sun, does a double take and then smiles..

Shes not shy about answering questions on the BJPs stance towards Muslims she doesnt wait for questions like law student Sultans to proclaim that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA)-National Register of Citizens (NRC) is not for Indian Muslims, but outsiders like the Rohingyas...

Khairunnisa had just got into an autorickshaw to go to her daughters house when Lathas group was passing her by Latha suddenly stuck her head into the auto and exchanged a few words with Khairunnisa, telling her to vote for her instead of Owaisi because as a woman, shell protect her interests..

The main question of the day is how Latha feels about 5.41 lakh voters being removed from the electoral rolls she doesnt trust the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), she says, but will wait and see whether it is bogus votes that have been deleted from the rolls or Hindu votes...