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.
Read MoreThe K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS returned to power with 88 seats in the 119-member Assembly. AIMIM had bagged seven seats.
In Noida, an order issued by the police asking mostly multi-national companies to bar their employees from offering prayers in open public spaces in Sector 58 sparked controversy.
In any case, there would not be any need for AIMIM to join the government as TRS would get a majority on its own, Owaisi said.
Telangana will go on polls on December 7. The counting of votes will take place on December 11.
Earlier on Sunday, speaking at an election rally of the BJP at Tandur, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister had said if his party comes to power in the state, Owaisi will flee the way Nizam had to flee Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, Asaduddin Owaisi's younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi has also reacted strongly to Adityanath's threat, saying nobody can force them to flee.
Owaisi alleged that Congress candidate A Maheshwar Reddy called an AIMIM leader on phone and offered to pay Rs 25 lakh as bribe to stop him from holding the meeting.
Owaisi hitting out at Shah for his remarks promising to rid Hyderabad of Majlis, said Shah wanted annihilation of Muslims.
Under the proposed ordinance, giving instant triple talaq will be illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband.
On Sunday, Maurya said he was hopeful that if the need arose and there was no way out, in Parliament, the Centre could opt for the legislative route for the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, when it has adequate numbers in both Houses.
Owaisi referred to the incident during a public meet and urged youth from the community to not fear such acts.
The JD(U) had alleged that the AICC president failed to back Kumar when the latter took a stand against corruption cases involving RJD leaders last year.
Owaisi even challenged the Congress to contest from Hyderabad and said even if both parties (BJP, Congress) join hands, they won't be able to defeat AIMIM.
Owaisi said he would meet Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan and place before him the facts of the case.
According to Owaisi, his party feels that both the national parties, the BJP and Congress, have failed to live up to the expectations and hope of the people of Karnataka
Asaduddin Owaisi raked up another controversy on Tuesday by giving a communal angle to the sacrifice of security personnel in the terror attack on Jammu’s Sunjuwan Army Camp.
"Bring a law that if any Muslim is called Pakistani, the person will face three year jail term," he said.
"This is nothing but 'pakoda' politics practiced by BJP. Prime Minister and his party have meekly surrendered before these people who are protesting. He has 56 inch chest only for Muslims," Owaisi said.
The triple talaq bill is a conspiracy against Muslims and a move to punish men from the community, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has alleged.
Owaisi claimed that the numerous temple visits undertaken by leaders of both the parties were part of their “deliberate political marginalisation of Muslims”.
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