Whenever Muslims stand for their political rights in South Asia, they are branded as puppets of the ruling establishment.
Just around a 100 years ago or so, Jinnah was branded as a puppet of the British. At that time, the erstwhile Congress party positioned itself as the representative of all Indians, including Muslims. Since Jinnah's Muslim League put a dent in their support, they were branded by the Hindus of that time as puppets of the British.
More than 70 years after freedom from the British, the attitude in India has not changed. Muslims are still expected to ally themselves with the supposed "secular" parties that are run by Hindus and give up political representation. In India, every community and caste can have their own political party, but when Muslims have one, all hell breaks loose.
When Owaisi fights elections, he is branded as B-Team of the BJP. However, such terms are never used for Hindu parties such as BSP or Congress or CPIM who more than often divide the secular vote.
The point here is that Muslims of India have been poorly represented for the last 70 years by the "secular" political parties. It is time for Muslim political outfits to try their political chances. If there is success for these parties, it is because the traditional political parties have failed the Muslims.
