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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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comment that only a Ram temple would be built at the disputed site in Ayodhya.
Reacting to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments that "only Ram Mandir and nothing else" will be built at the disputed site in Ayodhya, Owaisi said that RSS is playing with fire on this issue.
Owaisi's statement is objectionable because if SC gives its verdict in favour of Hindus, he will say the court decided on the basis of faith, and if the court decides to the contrary, he will say the court followed the Constitution.
The AIMIM chief also choose to invoke Imam Hussain on the occasion to remind Muslims that he never compromised with the Islamic principles with ‘cruel’ people.
Owaisi said that time has come for Muslims to learn from Gujjars, Jats and Patels and do something to get reservation.
According to the UN, 391,000 Rohingya refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence broke out in western Myanmar's Rakhine state on August 25.
As part of a programme named "Yeh India ka Time Hai", the government has identified certain bands which will be visiting the campuses of educational institutions across the country and perform patriotic songs
Owaisi highlighted the fact that even the five-judge bench could not arrive at the decision unanimously as Justice Nariman, Justice Lalit and Justice Kurian opposed the view of Justice Nazir and Chief Justice of India J S Khehar
The Shia Board had told the apex court on August 8 that a mosque can be built in a Muslim area at a reasonable distance from the site of the temple-mosque dispute.
"I want the government of India to take note of this because it is their party (BJP), which is in alliance with the PDP (in Jammu and Kashmir)," Owaisi said.
Owaisi today welcomed SC's decision to extend the Madras HC's stay on the Centre's notification banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter to the entire country.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi not visiting Palestine during his forthcoming visit to Israel would "strengthen the occupation of West Bank and Gaza."
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi today said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was ‘using’ his party colleague Subramanian Swamy to keep him away from raising issues that may land the government in ‘trouble’.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, feels that triple talaq should not be abolished or replaced with new set of laws.
Asaduddin Owaisi today pointed out how the saffron party had different standards in different parts of the country on the same issue.
As Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections head into the final stretch, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi says he forsees both the ruling Samajwadi Party and BJP losing at the hustings.
Jubilant over his party’s performance in Maharashtra civic polls, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said that it’s time for the party to identify weaknesses, rectify them and move forward.
AIMIM chief and MP Asaduddin Owaisi has been denied permission to hold a public rally in one of the wards of the city ahead of the February 21 municipal election.
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