MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi Giving Speech in Hyderabad

All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Party President & MP Asaduddin Owaisi Giving Speech in Salar e Millat Condolence Meeting in Khilawat Ground in Hyderabad

MiM Ex President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (Salar e Millat) Funeral Procession in Hyderabad

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Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi Takes Charge as AIMiM Party President

All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Party President and Hyderabad MP Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi Speaking to Media after taking Charge as MiM Party President in Darrusalam MiM Headquarters in Hyderabad.

MiM Party Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi addressing Party Workers in MiM Party Headquarters Darrusalam in Hyderabad

Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi Takes Charge as AIMiM Party President

Hyderabad : A week after the death of Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, his elder son Asaduddin Owaisi, a London trained Barrister today formally took charge as the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), a Muslim political party in Andhra Pradesh.

40 year old Asad, who represents Hyderabad in Lok Sabha and has served two terms in the state assembly, took the charge as the party president before the gathering of senior party leaders, legislators, and the presidents and secretaries of MIM units in Hyderabad and other districts.

Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, in a meeting with the party legislators including his younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi, and district unit presidents at Darussalam, the party headquarter

Earlier his election as the successor to "Salar", as the elderly Owaisi was known was confirmed by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Consultative committee) of the party.

Speaking on the occasion an emotional Asaduddin vowed to dedicate his life to strengthen the MIM, carry forward the mission of his father to unite the Muslim community and uplift it educationally and economically.

"No body can fill the vacuum left behind by Salar but we will try to follow in his foot steps. We will start a new era and work to strengthen Majlis", he said.

"Our real tributes to him to strengthen the party, take it to new heights and increase the strength of our party in the assembly", he said. MIM has five members in the state legislative assembly at present and many believe that it will go up to ten after the re-constitution of the constituencies.

Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, today formally took charge as the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) after the death of his father last week addressing on this occassion

"The leadership is a burden and a crown of thorns but with the grace of Allah I will do my best to serve the people. The poorest and the weakest among the people should not feel that there is no body to care for him. We will work for such people as Salar had done", he said.

Asad's younger brother and MIM Floor leader in the state assembly Akbaruddin dismissed the rumors that there were differences among brothers over the issue of party leadership. "The world will see the unity of the two brothers. Earlier on the command of Salar we would have laid down our lives. Now I assure the MIM president that we will lay down our lives on his command. He is not only the party president but he is our Ameer (religious head) and obeying Ameer is a religious duty", he said.

Akbaruddin Owaisi, in an emotion speech on the occassion vowed to work under the leadershipof his elder brother to take forward the work of his father late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi

Comparing the work of his father in the field of education, including setting up professional institutions, with Sir Syed Ahmad Khan setting up Aligarh Muslim university, Akbar said that Salahuddin Owaisi had brought an educational renaissance in Hyderabad."

There was a time when Muslim students will not get a seat in medical and engineering colleges. Today there are more engineering seats than there are Muslim candidates. He brought such a change", Asad said.He vowed to widen the area of MIM's work to north India to politically unite the Muslim in other states.

RS 3.5 LAKH ASSISTANCE Meanwhile in a related development the MIM today presented a cheque of Rs 3.5 lakh to Abdul Quadeer, the dismissed police constable who is serving life imprisonment for killing an assistant commissioner of police Sattaiah in Hyderabad during the communal riots of December 1990.

A delegation comprising of three MIM legislators Akbaruddin Owaisi, Ahmad Pasha Quadri and Mumtaz Ahmad Khan met Abdul Quadeer at his residence and gave him the cheque for repairing his dilapidated home in old city. Abdul Quadeer is presently visiting the family on Parole.

A MIM delegation comprising of MiM Party Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi, Ahmad Pasha Quadri and Mumtaz Ahmad Khan met former police constable Abdul Quadeer and presented him a cheque of Rs 3.5 lakh for the constructon of his house. Abdul Quadeer who continues to serve life imprisonment for killing his senior officer ACP Sattaiah during the riots of December 1990. He is currently visiting his family on parole

As he has spent nearly 18 years in jail since the incident, MIM has made several representations to the government to release him. Abdul Quadeer had defended his act of shooting his senior dead saying he was acting in a biased manner and targeting the Muslim community during the riots giving free hand to the rioters of other community in burning shops and attacking houses. A local court had later convicted him for murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Lakhs bid tearful adieu to MIM President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (Salar e Millat)

Praja Rajyam Party President Actor Chiranjeevi with AIMIM President & MP Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi.

Second Pic Lakhs of People at the Funeral Procession of the Late AIMIM President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (Salar e Millat) in Hyderabad.

Lakhs bid tearful adieu to AIMIM President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (Salar E Millat) .

Hyderabad: Senior Muslim leader, veteran Parliamentarian and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi (Salar e Millat) was bid a tearful adieu by lakhs of his supporters on Tuesday when he was laid to rest at the Dargah Agha Dawood in Hyderabad.

The Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy led his cabinet colleagues in paying respect to 76 year old Mr. Owaisi, who expired on Monday after prolonged illness. Dr. Reddy, who cut short his visit to Delhi and returned Hyderabad today to attend the funeral, described Mr. Owaisi's death as a big loss to the state. "He was a very experienced politician and a man of masses who always fought for the welfare of the people", he said.

Politicians cutting across the party lines converged at the Darussalam, the headquarters of MIM to bid farewell to the leader who had dominated the politics of Hyderabad for almost fifty years. The AICC general secretary Veerappa Moily laid the wreath on behalf of the UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. He conveyed the condolence message to Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM's MP from Hyderabad and the new president of MIM.

Mufti Khaleel Ahmad, the head of Jamia Nizamia led the Namaz-e-Janaza, attended by more than lakh of mourners. Later he was laid to rest with full state honors.

Body of Salahuddin Owaisi was brought from his residence to MIM headquarters in a massive procession of thousands of supporters who were raising slogans of "Allah-o-Akbar" (God is Great). Owaisi's three sons Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, Akbaruddin Owaisi, MLA, and Burhanuddin Owaisi Chief Editor Etemaad Urdu Daily were among the pall bearers.

Such was the surge of the people to have the last glimpse of "Salar" as Owaisi was popularly known that the police had a very tough time in holding them back. Many old timers and personal acquaintances of Owaisi broke down.

The United State Consul General in Hyderabad Cornelis M Keur and the Iranian Consul General were among the dignitaries who attended the funeral. Earlier in the day the state director general of police SSP Yadav and Hyderabad police commissioner B Prasad Rao laid wreath on the body at Owaisi's residence and paid their respects.

Speaker K R Suresh Reddy, state Congress president D Srinivas, the state Home Minister K Jana Reddy, the secretaries of CPIM and CPI BV Raghavulu and K Narayana, Nava Telangana Praja Party president T Devender Goud, senior leaders of Telugu Desam and K Chandrashekar Rao of Telangana Rashtra Samiti were among those who attended the funeral. Film star turned politician and Praja Rajyam party president Chiranjeevi visited Owaisi's residence this morning and paid his respects.

"Mr. Owaisi was a powerful and a strong leader who strived to protect the culture and identity of Hyderabad and to solve the problems of Muslim minority. It is very difficult to find another leaders like him", Chiranjeevi said. However the leaders of the state BJP were conspicuous by their absence.Delegations of various Muslim organizations including Jamaat-e-Islami, Jamiatul Ulema, Jamiatul Mashaiq also attended the funeral.

The state government had declared a State holiday to the educational institutions and the government offices today as a mark of respect to Owaisi. Salahuddin Owaisi's political career spanning over half a century was extraordinary in the sense that he had started his career as a member of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in 1958 and went on to become the member of Parliament. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Hyderabad for five straight terms. He also served as MLA for 23 years representing different constituencies of the city.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Party Celebrates its 50th Golden Jubilee Celebrations

All-India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi adressing Party Workers and Media in MiM Party Office Darusalaam in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad, March 2 Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), a powerful Muslim political party in Andhra Pradesh, Sunday celebrated its golden jubilee. Party president Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi addressed a rally at Darussalam, the party headquarters, to mark the day.

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  Mr Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi recalled the party’s struggle in 1950s when Muslims were passing through difficult times after "police action" against the erstwhile state of Hyderabad.He was referring to the operations in 1948 against the forces of Nizam, the ruler of the then Hyderabad state, to merge it with the Indian union.It was March 2, 1958 that MIM was revived with a new constitution.
  
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  Salar-e-Millat, as Owaisi is popularly known among his followers, recalled that his father Moulana Abdul Wahid Owaisi accepted the mantle of leadership when the Muslims were facing a crisis after "losing everything during the police action and nobody dared to speak for the rights of Muslims". "MIM has set an example for the entire India. It not only achieved political power to force the successive governments to address the community’s concerns but also built a number of educational institutions and hospitals," he said.
  
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  "MIM has one-point programme: the Muslims and Backward Classes should unite on a single political platform. People used to ridicule us when we called it All-India MIM. People used to ask where is the office. Today, I can tell them the biggest office for any party in the country is our party headquarters," he said amid thunderous applause by thousands of party workers.
  
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  "We have done what others could not do. The number of Muslims is less in Andhra Pradesh when compared to Uttar Pradesh and other states, but our achievements show that numbers alone do not work and it is the determination which is required," said Owaisi, who represented Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency for almost two decades.


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  MIM Supremo, Mr Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, said his Party was not against the formation of Telangana state but insisted that Hyderabad should be left. He also said Warangal would be ideal to become the State Capital of the proposed smaller state.
  
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  MIM, which has mass support in the City of Hyderabad, has one MP and five members of state assembly from the capital. Mr Owaisi’s eldest son Asaduddin Owaisi is now representing Hyderabad parliamentary constituency while another son, Akabruddin Owaisi, is a legislator from Chandrayangutta assembly constituency and MiM Party Floor Leader in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly.

MiM Party President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi Interview on the Eve of MiM Party 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration

MiM Party President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi Interview on the Eve of MiM Party 50th Golden Jubilee Celebration

Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Party to Celebrate its 50th Golden Jubilee Anniversary

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi Speech On 12 August 2007 in Chicago,USA Part 1

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi Speech On 12 August 2007 in Chicago,USA Part 2

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi :Taslima is a threat to Peace

MiM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Speaking to Mediapersons Outside City Court with MiM MLA's who were out on bail after being Arrested over there Protest on blasphemous writer Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MiM) is in the news for an attack on Taslima Nasreen by three of its MLAs. Asaduddin Owaisi, leader of MiM and MP from Hyderabad who is in Chicago ,USA says that it was not an attack but a protest against Taslima’s actions. Kashif-ul-huda of TwoCircles.net spoke to him about this incident.

TwoCircles.Net: Would you comment on the recent attack on Taslima Nasreen in Hyderabad?

Asad Owaisi: I disagree that it was an attack; it was a public protest against an individual who is not an Indian citizen, and who has been given refugee status in India. She has a habit of ridiculing Islam and making fun of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh). We wanted to lodge a peaceful democratic protest against her. Unfortunately the organizers did not listen to our viewpoint that resulted in the assault of press people who were there, which we regret.

We have a democratic right to protest her and protest her visit. We feel that she is a great threat to the peace of not only Hyderabad but to India as well. Her writing has always created fissures and divisions within the community.

I feel that Indian government should deport her by classifying her persona non grata. Through her writing she is creating division between Hindus and Muslims by exploiting freedom that she has in India. India will be better off if such persons are not allowed to live in India.

TCN: She has been living in India for some time now, what was the need for this protest now?

AO: Once again, I would like to correct you that if you follow my parliamentary speeches, one speech that I gave, two months ago, in the last parliament session. It was on the topic of internal security; in that debate, I demanded that she should be deported and she should follow in the footsteps of Dalai Lama, who has come to India in 1950. He has an animosity towards China but has never used Indian territory to propagate anything against China. He was given Nobel peace prize.

Taslima Nasreen should have followed Dalai Lama, how graciously he lived in India. Taslima is disliked not only by Muslims but also by secular Hindus.
Can you tell me what the importance of Taslima Nasreen is? What is her contribution to literature? She is famous because she is anti-Islam and she ridicules Prophet Mohammed (pbuh).

TCN: Don’t you think that attacks like these put her in the limelight and give her more press coverage?

AO: May be you are right, but we wanted to get our message across to the government of India, we wanted the people to know. Hyderabad has long history of harmony between communities we don’t want this environment to get polluted.

The most important point, which has not got highlighted, is that the organizers are known Hindutva and Sangh Parivar members. They did not even inform the local police. They didn’t inform central agencies that she will be in Hyderabad. We are just fortunate that we came to know when this function was about to end. We decided immediately that we should protest her visit. We wanted the message to go to Indian government and Indian people that this person has no other work apart from nuisance, creating division, provoking Muslims by hurting their religious sentiments. At least now she knows that she can get away with nonsense things that she has said in the past.

TCN: Will you take your protest outside Hyderabad?

AO: We are requesting all right thinking people, all secular minded people that we should be together on this. It is not a question of only Muslims coming out to protest. We want all the people to come out. India is famous for its pluralism. India is famous for having good relations among all the communities.

It is one of the countries of the world where you can find all the religion that are in the world. We want to maintain the pluralism that India has given to the world. So I hope that people should protest against her and government of India understand and respect the wishes of the people and take action against her.

TCN: One of your legislators Muqtada Afasr Khan is reported to have said that if Taslima comes to the city again, she will be killed. What do you say about this?

AO: This is wrongly reported, what he said that if she comes again we will launch a very organized and strong protest against her. If anything happens to her then the responsibility will lie with the state government and the state machinery.

The consequences will be draconian. Words have been attributed to our MLA that he never said, he only mentioned the strong protest that Majlis will organize and if any thing goes wrong consequences will lie with the government. This is what he said, but the local media has twisted and added flavour and attributed something to him that he never said.

TCN: How justified is it for a political party like MiM to take up this issue which is basically religious in nature?

AO: Indian Penal Code 153(a) clearly states that it is an offence to create amongst different religious communities. Indian Constitution gives me this right that to ensure that no animosity takes place between different religious communities. Our launching of protest against Taslima Nasreen is that she has to be stopped in initial stages. If she continues with her divisive writings in the guise of freedom of expression this will lead to more friction among Hindus and Muslims and different communities.

I am for freedom of expression; I am for freedom of press. But every freedom has some limitation; one should not cross those limitations. What we are saying is that, I want the whole world to understand that as far as Muslims are concerned, you can criticize my action, you can criticize my policies, you can criticize my parents and my profession but there is a limit. You can not criticize my Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), that is my identity. You can not criticize him, you can not ridicule him. You can not commit blasphemy against him. Various countries of the world have religious laws that e.g. there are many Christian countries that have laws that say that you can not commit acts of blasphemy against Jesus.

How can you ridicule Prophet Mohammed Pbuh, which is an integral part of our faith. As faras Muslims are concerned, my faith is not complete unless and until I have the utmost respect for my Prophet. This needs to be understood from Muslims’ point of view.
This is not a question of freedom of expression; this is not a question of taking law into our hands. We hope that people understand it from our view point.

TCN: How is your action different than actions that Bajrang Dal and Shiv Sena takes against writers and artists?

AO: My party is not a fascist party but they have a record of hurting different minorities and they have been involved in various riots, which has been corroborated by various commissions and fact-finding committees.

If we really wanted to really harm her (Taslima Nasreen), there was no stopping. It’s just that we came to know that she is in Hyderabad. Her whole visit was done in a very surreptitious way. If it was done in an open way, we would have lodged our protest in a more organized way and I am sure this would not have happened.

Courtesy (http://www.indianmuslims.info/)

MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi Gives Press Conference On Mecca Masjid Report

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi with Detailed Reports of Mecca Masjid Bomb Blast and Police Firing at a Press Conference in MiM Headquarters in Hyderabad.

HYDERABAD: MiM Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday invited Director-General of Police M. A. Basith to a debate to disprove that the police had fired rubber bullets to control the mob after the bomb blast at Mecca Masjid on May 18.

"I will challenge Mr. Basith or Additional DG (Law and Order) A. K. Mohanty to show at least 10 rubber bullets with the city police. I am ready for a debate to prove that they never shot rubber bullets for the simple reason that they don't have any," he told reporters here.

Owaisi strongly contested the contention in the report that it gave statutory warnings before opening fire and said that the Very High Frequency (VHF) sets that were used at that time should be seized along with its recorded messages.The police did not use batons to disperse the mob nor did it resort to firing in the air before killing people with direct hits, he claimed."It was genocide. Police fired from self loading rifles, which are generally used against Naxalites, to kill innocent youths," he said.

He strongly disputed the DGP's claims that rubber bullets were fired at the mob and added the autopsy report had confirmed that injuries were caused by bullets fired from self-loading rifles.

Owaisi also pointed out that police killed two Muslim youths in encounters a day after the bomb blast at Sai Baba temple in Hyderabad in 2003.

Owaisi demanded immediate suspension of police officers for ‘unprovoked’ firing on protestors after the blast. "Why the government is not suspending guilty officers," he said and warned the Congress government that it would lose the support of Muslim community if it failed to act against such police officers.

Mr. Owaisi termed as "a bunch of contradictions" the two reports submitted to the State Government on the bomb blast and the firing, copies of which were released to the media.He said there were contradictions in the versions of Falaknuma Inspector P. Sudhakar and the DCP on the circumstances that led to the firing. He said the role of Bajrang Dal and other Hindu extremist groups must also be probed.

The MP sought to know why the police had not opened fire on activists of the Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi when they set on fire RTC buses and a train compartment, besides CPI(M) workers for their land struggle agitation. If terrorists could easily target Mecca Masjid, then Hyderabadis were not safe, he said.

MiM Submits Memorandum to SHRC Over Police Firing

MiM Member of Parliment Asadudin Owaisi Arguing with Police DIG (CID) Sandeep Shandilya over his Attempt to Move Crowds with Force in Hyderabad after Prayers in Mecca Masjid on Friday.

HYDERABAD: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) will hold an inquiry on June 11 into the police firing in the old city after the Mecca Masjid bomb blast on May 18 that reportedly claimed five lives.

Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (MIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi along with Partymen on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to the SHRC Chairman, B. Subhashan Reddy, here on Thursday urging him to take up a full-fledged inquiry into the matter. Mr. Owaisi in his memorandum described police action as `unwarranted' and `unprovoked' adding that the firing was ordered without following due procedures.'There was absolutely no need for police firing. Not a single policeman was injured. There was no loss to property. Unnecessarily five innocent people have lost their lives and four others are injured.

The MIM leader submitted an account outlining the conditions in which five persons were killed while another eight persons were injured in the police firing. "Police opened indiscriminate firing on innocent people who started running towards Shalibanda after coming out of the mosque," he said.

MIM party workers who interacted with the media after meeting the SHRC Chairman pointed out that Self Loading Rifles were used in the firing. "SLRs are only used to combat terrorists or naxalites and not common people," Mr Owaisi said. SHRC Chairman B. Subhashan Reddy informed that they would wait for the report from Commissioner of Police and Hyderabad District Collector before reaching any conclusion. Mr. Reddy informed that the notice was served on the Commissioner of Police seeking explanation for reasons behind the police firing.

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Protesting Against Police Firing

MIM Asks AP Govt For CBI Probe Into Fake Encounters

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi addressing Mediapersons on Fake Encounter Case in MiM Headquarters Darussalam in Hyderabad.

Hyderabad, May 3: All India Majlis-e-Ettehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Leader and MP Asaduddin Owaisi today demanded the state government to order CBI inquiry into the alleged involvement of state police officials in the Gujarat fake encounter case.Addressing the press here, Mr Owaisi alleged City Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Raji Trivedi and the then City Police Commissioner Mohanty were involved in the case and said their role required investigation.

He said Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy should not try to protect the state policemen involved in the encounters. The Chief Minister should order a CBI probe to avoid problems later. He reminded YSR that the Muslims had deserted Chandrababu Naidu in the 2004 elections because he had become insensitive to their security and moved too close to the BJP. A similar situation could stare the Congress in the face, if immediate measures are not taken to address the growing concerns of the community. "Don't shield the black sheep in the police. Such an attempt would hurt your image," Owaisi said.

He said that the top brass of the Hyderabad police in November 2005 must have certainly known about the goings on in the city at that time. Chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi stands for the destruction of the secular fabric of the country. Why should Y S Rajasekhara Reddy try to cover up something that would help Modi's government and damage his own, he asked. "The Muslims will not care for the five per cent reservation or any other concession that the state government plans to dole out if they feel that there is no safety for their lives under the Congress rule," Owaisi said.

Alleging a conspiracy on the part of the Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh Police in the killing of Sohrabuddin and his wife Kausar Bi in a fake encounter because of 'hatred and for commercial gains,' Mr Owaisi said there was a need for an open debate at national level on the issue and it was high time to frame proper regulations for handing over people to the other state police.He said that the top brass of the Hyderabad police in November 2005 must have certainly known about the goings on in the city at that time. Chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi stands for the destruction of the secular fabric of the country. Why should Y S Rajasekhara Reddy try to cover up something that would help Modi's government and damage his own, he asked.

MiM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said that the inquiry should be divided into two parts. One should start from November 2005 when the conspiracy to eliminate Sheikh was hatched. The second part of the probe should cover the nexus between the Gujarat police and a section of the Andhra Pradesh police during the period between 2002 till the present during which time a number of Hyderabadi Muslims were killed in Hyderabad in fake encounters and several of them were also handed over to Gujarat Police, he said.

He asked Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababu Naidu, who claimed to be a champion of Muslims in the state, to make a statement on the fake encounters.

MiM Demands Uninterrupted Power Supply in Twin Cities and Rural Areas

MiM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi Giving Speech in MiM held Public Meeting in Nizamabad District

Hyderabad February 14: The Majilis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Charminar MLA Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri demanded the government for uninterrupted power supply both in rural areas and twin cities keeping in view the commencement of exams for students.

Raising the issue of unscheduled power cuts in cities and rural areas in Zero hour, MIM MLA Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri said that students are facing severe problems due to the power cuts by APTransco and wanted the government to check the power cuts during the exam period. Along with that APTransco officials are going against the assurance of Minister for Finance and health K Raosaiah on erecting of meters on poles. He said that going against the rules officials are continuing erecting electric meters on poles which should be stopped immediately.

He said that the power cuts is also creating problem for supply of drinking water and stated due to power break down supply of water is also being affected. Referring the MIM Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisis memorandum and demand for waiver of arrears, he asked the government to waive the arrears from electricity bills as done by the government in rural areas. He said that government should waive off the arrears to the people living in cities. MLA Ahmed Pasha Quadri alleged that vigilance department officials are booking false cases of power theft and imposing heavy chillums. He said that these officials are booking false cases and obtaining signatures from household women’s who are alone in the houses and creating problems to them. He said that several cases were booked against the MIM corporators and MIM activists by vigilance officials of false power theft. He also requested the government to maintain power supply during the examination period without causing trouble to the students appearing for exams.

MiM Party Reprsentation on Electricity Bill Waiver to Chief Minister

Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Legislators in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly.

MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi's letter to CM on electricity bill arrears waiver in Old City of Hyderabad


The Hon’ble Chief Minister
Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad

Dear Sir,

Request—regarding Sub: Waiver of electricity bill arrears of the poor in Old City of Hyderabad

With reference to the subject cited, I would like to draw your kind attention to the serious problems being faced by the poor people in the Old City of Hyderabad.

In the last few years, particularly during theprevious Telugu Desam rule, the Discom officials hadput the residents of the Old City to lot of harassment
on the pretext of power pilferage. Hundreds and thousands of cases were booked against the Old City consumers on flimsy grounds like broken seals on meters,faulty meters or alleged pilferage.

Moreover, huge fines were imposed on the poor consumers for these alleged violations. This way, even though the consumers in the Old City paid their power bills, the penalties and fines imposed on them for alleged violations mounted with penal interest. So, the so-called arrears of power bills have reached several crores of rupees.

I may recall the agitation taken up by the Congress , MIM and other parties against the previous Telugu Desam government when the power tariffs were hiked exorbitantly in the year 2000. In the name of powers sector reforms, the previous government placed huge burden on power consumers and put them to hardships.

After coming to power, your government waived the power arrears of the farmers to the tune of Rs 1,200crore, apart from providing free power to agricultural pumpsets. Recently, your government has waived the power arrears of SC/ST colonies in the state.

I,therefore, request you to please consider waiver of the electricity bill arrears of the poor consumers in the Old City of Hyderabad and also withdraw the thousands of cases booked against the power consumers in the Old City by the Discom officials in the lastfew years.

I hope you will respond positively to this genuine request on behalf of the people of Old City.

Thanking you
Yours truly
Akbaruddin Owaisi
MiM Floor Leader in State Assmebly

MiM President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi Speech in Seminar

MiM Seeks Fast Development Work in Old City

MiM Leaders with MCH Commissioner at a review Committee Meeting in Hyderabad.

MiM Seeks Fast Development Work in Old City

Hyderabad December 26: The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (MCH) have completed 1885 works in five assembly constituencies within 9 months period in the current financial year. MCH Commissioner Sanjay Jaju informing the details said that 340 works in five assembly constituencies worth 20 crores were under progress at various stages while another 850 works worth 52 crores are sanctioned that are under tendering and grounding stage.
The highest number of works sanctioned and completed was in Chandrayangutta assembly constituency with 780 and 544 respectively in the current financial year worth 22.61 crores, said the MCH Commissioner while reviewing the developmental works in old city with Majlis e Ithedul Muslimeen (MIM) MP and MLAs.
Here today Commissioner MCH Sanjay Jaju along with other officials reviewed the developmental works with Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, MIM Floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi MLA Chandrayangutta, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, MLA Yakutpura, Muqtada Afsar Khan, MLA Karwan, Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri Chariminar MLA and Mohd Mouzzam Khan MLA Asif Nagar. The officers include Additional Commissioner Projects Dhananjay Reddy, Additional Commissioner Traffic and transport NVS Reddy. Comparing with last year the works, commissioner said that works completed in record period and listed out the works. He said that 780 works were sanctioned in Chandrayangutta Constituency, in which 544 were completed while 73 works costing 4.15 crores are under progress and another 163 works costing around 7.63 crores sanctioned and would be grounded shortly. Out of 433 works sanctioned in Yakutpura Constituency a major chunk that’s 266 were completed under 144 were sanctioned would be started shortly, rest are under final stages.
Sanjay Jaju said that in Charminar constituency 481 works were sanctioned in which 354 were completed while 165 would be started shortly that under are tendering stage, the rest 62 are under progress. In Karwan Assembly constituency a total of 306 works were completed while 164 works sanctioned to tune of 7.63 crores. The rest 116 works are under progress costing 6.71 crores.Under Asif Nagar assembly constituency, out of the total 579 works about 315 works were completed while 206 works costing 14 crores are sanctioned would commenced shortly, the rest 58 works tuning 3.1 crores were under progress. The Commissioner also informed that corporation has proposed about 143 crores works under urban community development (UCB) fund with central government, in which the constituencies from old city were having share of about 47 crores. The works may likely get sanctioned in another two months.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi Demanded that the works sanctioned should be completed along with preparing fresh estimates for newly proposed works by the concerned MLAs in their respective constituency. The Contractors are delaying the ongoing works since they are bidding for several works pending the ongoing works and he requested the Corporation for restricting the contractors for having 4 to five works at a time so that the works are completed on time. He also asked the Commissioner that priority be given to proposals send by the MLAs by clearing them at the earliest.
MIM Floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi annoyed against the officers for neglecting the minority populated areas and asked to give priority to the works recommended by MLAs concerned, taking up on the priority basis. He also wanted that the immediate steps be taken in completing on the going works and the works sanctioned earlier cited the works of Habeeb Nagar nala, First Lancer Nala, Bakapur nala Murki Nala etc. He came down heavily over not taking up the works sanctioned on the ground at Talab katta during the visit of MiM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi and MCH Commissioner Sanjay Jaju.
Akbaruddin Owaisi, Mumtaz Ahmed and others also complained that the constructions of community halls were being pending for past one and half years, in spite of several reminders works were not yet started. Nawab Sahab kunta bridge estimate would be prepared that would be included under UCB project. Sattarbagh by pass drain lane which earlier proposed have been changed to non suitability of the project and work would be taken up beside that lane.
MiM Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi also inquired about the progress of Balapur, Hafez babanagar Nala recalling the inundated water in that locality earlier. The works were sanctioned but could not be taken since large number of properties being affected if acted in accordance with Krilosakar committee report said the officers. Suggesting the plan, he said that the water from Balapur Lake could be diverted through the existing Nalas in Babanagar. The MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi along with officials from Corporation would make visit to Hafez babanagar day after tomorrow to get on hand information on the Hafez Baba Nagar Nala and Murki Nala works which need to expedited.
The Kishan Bagh stadium in Bhadarpura would be designed costing around 1.5 crores, said the Commissioner. He also informed that corporation wants to include several projects under JNNURM central government funded scheme. He informed that the works for Habeeb Nagar Nala, First Lancer costing around 1.99 crores and 60 lakhs were sanctioned. On the complained from MLAs that the works being pending for the past 2 years, he said that the works could not be taken up due poor response from contractors and stated that two Nalas will be taken at the earliest. He added that Balakpur Nala project cost 21 crores were prepared and was included under JNNURM.
Only 30 to 40 percent of street lights were seen glowing in Chandrayangutta, Charminar, Asif Nagar, Karwan, Yakutpura, on which Commissioner Sanjay Jaju stated that corporation, would not hesitate in canceling and recalling the fresh contracts to others for maintaining the cent percent street light glowing. The MLAs also complained that contractors were going unheard the complaints for repairs and having poor maintenance of street lights.
The Chariminar MLA complained about the high Mask lights, he said that in spite of getting 20 high light masks sanctioned only 8 were grounded while others were left pending. The same situation was with other constituencies. Mouzzam khan complained that not even semi high mask lights were installed in Asif Nagar constituency. Yakuthupura MLA Mumtaz Ahmed Khan criticized that the officials were not putting dumper bins for collecting garbage in several parts of old city and if putting were decayed bins which the commissioner rejected. But Khan asked Commissioner to make visit to Yakuthpura Bada bazaar to witness the dumper bins.
The MiM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi also asked the commissioner for construction of international standard swimming pool and the proposed project likely to be set up at Bandalaguda. He also asked the Commissioner to modernize the Moghalpura Swimming pool which was being kept pending in spite of budget allocation by the concerned corporator, on the line of Multi sports complex at Chandulal baradari that’s being taken up with estimated cost of 3.5 crores. The Road over bridge at Kandikal gate and Uppuguda projects were included under JNNURM project said the commissioner Sanjay Jaju, when asked by the Akbaruddin Owaisi. He also wanted that the corporation immediately take up the works for Gowlipura Bridge which was at dilapidated condition.