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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Asaduddin Owaisi while addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki on Sunday demanded the repeal of CAA and NRC and warned that protestors will 'turn streets into Shaheen Bagh' if the two laws are not scrapped.
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) announced that it will contest elections on 100 seats out of the 403 assembly seats.
After announcing the repeal of three farm laws, the Prime Minister had said that there had been some shortcoming in his 'tapasya' (penance). This tells us what a big actor our Prime Minister is, Asaduddin Owaisi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the government has decided to repeal the three farm laws, which were at the centre of protests by farmers for the past year.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that Wasim Rizvi's statements have hurt the religious sentiments of those who follow Prophet Mohammed.
CM Yogi was addressing the 'Samajik Pratinidhi Sammelan', ahead of the UP assembly elections slated for 2022.
The number of MLAs from the Muslim community has varied over the years in Uttar Pradesh. The state had 23 MLAs from the Muslim community in 2017, 64 MLAs in 2012, 56 MLAs in 2007, 64 MLAs in 2002. In the 2017 assembly elections, BJP got 39.7 per cent votes, BSP got 22.2 per cent, Samajwadi Party 21.8 per cent and Congress got 6.2 per cent votes.
Owaisi's comments came amid a controversy over Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief OP Rajbhar's statement that had Mohammed Ali Jinnah been made the first Prime Minister of India, there would not have been partition.
The Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad also alleged that the government is weakening the country internally.
Reacting sharply, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that it was a case of "plain hatred towards Muslims".
AIMIM will contest all elections in Maharashtra from Aurangabad on and the option of entering into alliances is also open, party president Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday.
The AIMIM chief, lashing out at Pakistan said that Pakistan is 50 years behind India, and stressed that Islam is not just the name of a sport.
Earlier on Monday, Pakistan Minister Sheikh Rasheed stated that Pakistan's win against India at the T20 World Cup 2021 was a 'victory for Islam'.
Months ahead of the elections, the AIMIM claimed that Dalits and Muslims face the most injustices in Uttar Pradesh and asked them to beware of the politics of the leaders.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that the BJP will soon declare Veer Savarkar as 'the father of the nation'.
"Why does Narendra Modi not remove Ajay Mishra from cabinet? If the father is a minister, the vehicle belonged to him, it caused death of 5 farmers, he warns people and two days later 5 farmers are killed, why does Narendra Modi not sack him?" Owaisi asked during a rally in Balrampur.
Shivpal Yadav said that he would wait till October 11 to get a response from Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav after which he would decide his own course of action.
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.
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