AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today dismissed the comments made by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra by referring to him as a bachcha (kid). (Photo: Twitter/@ANI)

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra today referred to AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi as "Neo Jinnah". If you thought that BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra went overboard while reacting to Owaisi's politics, consider the response from the Hyderabad MP on the former's comment made today:

Arre Sambit baccha hai, bacchon ke baare mein nahin bolte. Bacchon ke baap se muqabla hai hamara. Jab bade baat karte hain to bacchon ko tayein-tayein nahin karna chahiye (Sambit is a kid. One should not speak about kids. My fight is against the father of those kids. When elders talk, kids should keep their mouth shut).

Asaduddin Owaisi was responding to Sambit Patra's remark comparing the AIMIM leader with Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League leader, who is held responsible for partition of the country in 1947.

Patra sadi, "In today's political scenario, I have no hesitation in saying that Mr Owaisi is the Neo Jinnah. This tactic of instigating Muslims to break away from mainstream is a dangerous one and he is a repeat offender."

Earlier in the day, Asaduddin Owaisi had compared Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi government in 1975 with assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, anti-Sikh riots of 1984 demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992 and Gujarat riots of 2002.

Owaisi said, "One should never forget emergency, Mahatma Gandhi assassination, demolition of Babri Masjid, genocide of Sikhs in 1984 and what happened in 2002 in Gujarat. These were earth-shaking events that happened in independent India."

The AIMIM leader's made the comment on the 43rd anniversary of imposition of National Emergency today.