2023 Hyderabad

"I am challenging your leader (Rahul Gandhi) to contest elections from Hyderabad and not Wayanad. You keep giving big statements, come to the ground and fight against me. People from Congress will say a lot of things, but I am ready...Babri Masjid and Secretariat's mosque were demolished under the Congress regime..." he said. The open challenge from Owaisi to Gandhi came ahead of the Telangana State elections in December 2023.