Asaduddin Owaisi is the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader and has been representing the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency since 2004. Owaisi won the seat in the 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls. His father Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi won the seat six times in a row in 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Asaduddin Owaisi won the seat by defeating BJP candidate Dr Bhagavanth Rao with a margin of 2,82,186 votes. He was polled 5,17,471 votes with a vote share of 58.94%. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Owaisi won the seat for the third time in a row by defeating Rao with a margin of 2,02,454 votes. He was polled 5,13,868 votes with a vote share of 52.88%. He defeated BJP candidate G Subash Chanderji and TDP candidate Zahid Ali Khan in the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha Elections. Owaisi is again contesting from the Hyderabad constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 against BJP's Madhavi Latha. Owaisi also represented the Charminar Assembly seat twice in 1994 and 1999.
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Speaking during India TV Chunav Manch in Lucknow, Owaisi said countered both the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party while accusing them of using Muslims just to win elections.
India TV Chunav Manch, is once again set up to talk about what can be the electoral equations in UP, what is the situation of parties in UP and many more.
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There are 82 assembly seats in the state where Muslim voters are in a position to make or botch political fortunes, but they have nothing in the name of political participation.
AIMIM chief further said that assembly elections is around the corner in the state, and efforts have to be made to stop BJP win again.
Delhi Police on Tuesday had arrested five members of Hindu Sena for allegedly vandalising the official residence of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi at Ashoka Road in Delhi.
Asaduddin Owaisi, who had already announced that his party AIMIM will contest on 100 seats, is looking for a strong partner in the state, as he does not have a big face in UP.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Deepak Yadav said five people were arrested for their alleged involvement in the incident. Police said they received information regarding the incident at around 5 pm and rushed to the spot.
Atiq Ahmad and his wife Shaista Parveen joined AIMIM earlier in September. Atiq has more than 90 criminal cases against him. He was shifted there from Uttar Pradesh to Ahmedabad in 2019.
Rakesh Tikait has said that Asaduddin Owaisi is 'Chacha Jaan' of the BJP and that he will help the saffron party to return to power in Uttar Pradesh.
The FIRs have been registered at Barabanki city police station on Thursday night after his party's public meeting in Katara Chandana Baradari.
Owaisi is currently on a tour of UP, campaigning for his party ahead of the next’s year state Assembly polls. He had started his campaign from Ayodhya on Tuesday.
The Janata Dal (United) which is a constituent of the BJP-NDA has taken a different stand on NRC. Nitish himself has said that there is no need for NRC in the state.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that his visit to Uttar Pradesh is just the beginning and he would go to many places in the state as elections are approaching.
Asaduddin Owaisi added that Pakistan has gained the most from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan two weeks before the United States was set to complete its troop withdrawal.
Addressing a PC on Saturday, Owaisi said, "PM Modi led govt in an affidavit submitted in SC in 2020 had said that 'any coercion to have a certain number of children is counter productive and leads to demographic distortions.'
UP Minister Anil Rajbhar said that the AIMIM and SBSP alliance was an insult to the backward Rajbhar community.
Asaduddin Owaisi is a big leader of our nation. If he has challenged BJP for the 2022 Assembly elections, then BJP workers accept his challenge, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said.
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