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.

Upper Castes Using Telangana for Political interests :MIM

Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen Party Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi Givng Speech

HYDERABAD : Majlis-Ittehadul- Muslimeen (MIM) MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi has charged the influential upper castes with using the Telangana issue as an election affair to further their own political interests.

Speaking to newsmen at Karimnagar on Sunday, he alleged that the weaker sections comprising Backward Classes (BCs), Scheduled Classes Scheduled Tribes and minorities lost their voice in the "selfish politics" being pursued by three dominant upper castes (Velama, Reddy and Kamma) in the State.

The Telangana Praja Samiti merged in the Congress after winning about 10 MP seats on Telangana plank in the 70s, he noted. In an indirect reference to M. Satyanarayana Rao, the MIM MP said, "The present Karimnagar MLA won on the samiti ticket at that time. Of late, he is talking in a different language.".

"The weaker sections have no trust in the leadership of the upper castes. Telangana can be formed only if the weaker sections come into the forefront", he said. The Uttar Pradesh and Bihar experiments should be replicated here to ensure political empowerment of the weaker sections in the real sense, he suggested. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti has failed to give even a single ticket to the Muslims in the last Assembly elections, he pointed out.

"The Telugu Desam disturbed the political equilibrium in Telangana by giving tickets to people from other regions in Telangana in the past, Owaisi alleged.

Comparing West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the MIM leader alleged that Buddhadeb justified the heinous atrocities committed by the CPM activists on the hapless Muslim women and the dalits in Nandigram.

Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen Statement On Telangana Issue

Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi addressing MiM held Public Meeting In Hyderabad.


All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has
decided to extend full support to the Congress in the
byelection to Lok Sabha from Karimnagar constituency.
in the bypoll scheduled on December 4.

The AIMIM has taken this decision in view of the
prevailing political situation in the state and its
consistent stand on issues concerning the Muslim
community. In the 2004 Assembly/Lok Sabha elections,
our party, alongwith other constituent organizations
of United Muslim Forum, had actively campaigned in
favour of the Congress alliance and against the then
NDA constituents—the Telugu Desam-BJP alliance—because
both the parties were responsible for subjecting the
Muslims and other minorities to severe harassment
under NDA’s rule during 1998-2004.
At that time, our party took a decision to strengthen
the secular forces in the country and root out the
communal forces from power in a democratic way,
through proper and effective use of the right to vote.
As everyone knows, the NDA lost power at the Centre
and the Telugu Desam was dislodged from power in
Andhra Pradesh, as various sections of the society as
well as the minorities voted overwhelmingly for
Congress and its allies in the 2004 elections.
The UPA included several issues concerning the
minorities in its Common Minimum Programme. Our party
– AIMIM—supports the UPA government as it is a secular
formation committed to giving a fair deal to the
minorities in the country. Our party met and
represented to UPA chairperson and AICC president
Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on
the issues and problems concerning the minorities,
particularly Muslims, and they have responded
positively to our suggestions.
On our suggestions, the Prime Minister announced a
separate Ministry for Minorities. Hence, the Ministry
of Minority Affairs came into being on January 29,
2006, with a wide charter that includes overall
policy, planning, coordination, evaluation and review
of the regulatory and developmental programmes of the
minority communities. The Ministry of Minorities
Affairs is headed by Union Minister Abdul Rahman
Antulay, an eminent lawyer and former chief minister
of Maharashtra.
The Corpus Fund of Maulana Azad Education Fund has
been from Rs 70 crore in 2004-05 to Rs 100 crore in
2005-06 and doubled to Rs 200 crore in the current
financial year. The share capital of the National
Minorities Development and Finance Corporation has
been raised from Rs 500 crore to Rs 650 crore. A
merit-cum-means based scholarship scheme for 20,000
students, belonging to minorities, to pursue higher
education has been introduced this year.
Reports of the High Level Committee, constituted by
the Prime Minister under the chairmanship of Justice
Rajender Sachar, to examine social, economic and
educational status of the Muslim community in India
and the National Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities to suggest criteria for
identification of socially and economically backward
sections among religious and linguistic minorities,
are expected to be submitted to the government soon.
Basing on their recommendations, our party expects and
exhorts the UPA government to take affirmative action
and initiatives for the overall development of the
Muslim community, which is more backward than the
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward
Classes in the country.

Reservations issue:

Nearer home, the Congress government in Andhra
Pradesh, under Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar
Reddy’s stewardship, has taken some steps in the last
two and a half years to fulfil the promises made to
the minorities in the manifesto for 2004 elections.
The government sought to implement five percent
reservations for the Muslims by including the
community in the list of backward classes. However, it
is unfortunate that the Andhra Pradesh High Court
struck down the GO issued in 2004 and the Ordinance
promulgated in 2005 providing these reservations.
Our party holds the Sangh Parivar mainly responsible
for depriving the Muslim community of the benefits
under the five percent reservations in professional
educational institutions and public employment. On
both the occasions, Sangh parivar activists took the
issue to the High Court. It is unfortunate that the AP
High Court failed to do justice to the Muslims.
Rajender Sachar Committee has pointed out the sad
state of affairs of the Muslim community but our
judiciary does not appreciate the rationale behind the
reservations for Muslims.

The Muslims have, thus, failed to get any justice from
the judiciary so far, even as the matter is pending
before the Supreme Court of India. The state
government has filed its appeal last year but even
after an year, the Supreme Court has not begun the
hearings in the case since the full constitutional
bench is yet to be constituted for the purpose. On the
other hand, the Supreme Court also rejected the state
government’s plea to stay the High Court’s judgement
so as to allow the government to implement
reservations for Muslims in the 2006-07 academic year.
Our party also holds the view that while the Sangh
Parivar is to be blamed for dragging the issue to the
courts and the judiciary must share the responsibility
for not doing justice to the Muslims, the State
government cannot escape its share of the blame for
not effectively defending the reservations before the
AP High Court or the Supreme Court. Both the present
advocate general and his immediate predecessor had
failed to argue the case properly, thereby leading to
‘miscarriage of justice’ on the Muslim reservations
issue.

While the issue of five percent reservations for
Muslims in Andhra Pradesh is awaiting the Supreme
Court judgement, there are demands being made by
Muslims and other sections of the society – based on
the Sachar Committee findings on the sad state of
affairs of the Muslim community—for affirmative action
through the inclusion of the Muslims in the OBC list
and providing reservations for them in the entire
country. Our party supports the demand for
reservations for Muslims nation-wide on the basis of
their socio-economic and educational backwardness.

Telangana issue:

Neglect of Telangana and its backwardness in various
sectors over the last five decades is a fact which no
one can deny. At the same time, our party feels that
separate Telangana state cannot be the only solution.
There can be other options too. On behalf of Muslim
community, which comprises a population of 70 lakh as
per 2001 census in the state, our party has suggested
some short-term and long-term initiatives on
Telangana.

First and foremost, there is immediate need for
revival of regional development boards for all the
three regions—Telangana, Coastal Andhra and
Rayalaseema—to ensure that corrective steps are taken
to remove regional imbalances and disparities. Our
party also demands a special package for Telangana
region – with outlay of Rs 10,000 crore—to accelerate
the pace of development in various sectors in this
backward region. As the minorities—particularly
Muslims—are the most affected lot, a special package
for their socio-economic and educational upliftment is
also required. Our party also demands that GO 610
should be implemented in toto.

On the crucial issue of Telangana, our party feels
that the Muslims have as much stake over the future of
Andhra Pradesh as others-- the people and leaders of
Telangana and other regions. Our party insists that
the government and the ruling party at the Centre and
in the State should not take any decision on the
future of Andhra Pradesh, without ascertaining the
views and concerns of Muslim community in the state.

Our party has urged the UPA government to give due
weightage to the views of Muslim community on
Telangana issue. Our party also feels that to decide
on the future of Andhra Pradesh with reference to the
demand for separate Telangana state, this issue
requires proper and indepth study in the larger
perspective. Hence, our party is committed to the
demand that the Second States Reorganisation
Commission should be constituted to go into all the
aspects of Telangana, including the demand for
separate state.

In the meantime, our party would like the State
government to focus on the development of Telangana in
all fields and welfare of all sections of the people
in the region through higher allocations for
irrigation, power, agriculture, education, medicare
and welfare sectors.

We welcome the launching of work on various irrigation
projects in Telangana region in the last two and a
half years, establishment of Telangana University at
Nizamabad and the recent announcement for setting up
another university at Bhoodan Pochampally and a
government medical college and a university
engineering college in Telangana.

MIM Seeks Rs 20,000 Crore Package for Telangana

Majlis ittehadul Muslimeen President Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi with Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in Darussalam MiM Headquarters on Dec 30 1978.


MIM seeks Rs 20,000-cr package for Telangana


Hyderabad: Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi asked the state government to prevail upon the UPA government in getting a Rs 20,000-crore package each released to Telangana and Rayalaseema to reduce regional disparities accrued over the past few decades. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Assembly on Thursday, the Chandrayangutta legislator said it was high time the central government announced a special package to backward regions in the state. Citing an example, he said the extremist movement in the state always attracted youth from neglected regions due to the socio-economic disparities in the region. The movement always derived its strength from Telangana region rather than Rayalaseema, he said. The Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen floor leader demanded the state government to implement GO 610 immediately in line with the six-point formula without diluting the presidential order. Taking a dig at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi for failing to live up to the state’ expectations, he criticised “the so-called champions of Telangana” for being satisfied with the land given to construct party office rather than getting statehood to Telangana. He said the MIM was closely monitoring political developments in the state and stated that their party was in favour of a united Andhra Pradesh with overall development of all regions. “But, we may change out stance depending on the developments,” he added. Akbaruddin was critical of the government’s decision to use funds received through the auction of land in Kokapet for implementing the various government schemes. He accused the government of using the auction money to fund irrigation projects in Andhra region. Majlis to weigh options Hyderabad: The Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Thursday said it will wait and watch developments on Telangana. Though it had opposed a separate Telangana state earlier, the MIM has decided to look into other options depending on the political scenario and come out with a clear stance in the next few days. “As a first step, the government should send back people of Coastal Andhra who are employed in Telangana by implementing GO 610. Also, announce a welfare package, including irrigation projects on a warfooting,” MIM floor leader in the Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi told TOI. MIM chief Sultan Salauddin Owaisi had convened a meeting of religious organisations and institutions at Darussalam to review the political development. The meeting was attended by all five MIM MLAs, representatives of Tameer-e-Millat, Ulama-e-Deccan, Jamia Nizamia, Amaarat Millat-e-Islamia and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind under the banner of Joint Action Committee of Muslims. “The MIM will not support the Telangana movement led by TRS,” said MIM president Salauddin Owaisi after the meeting. “Since the issue is not so simple, the party will look into various options to ensure that our stance would not go against the interests of Muslims,” he said.