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AIMIM chief Owaisi praises KCR in Bihar

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Patna: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi showered praise on K Chandrasekhara Rao, the Chief Minister of his home state of Telangana, which is bracing for assembly elections later this year.
The Hyderabad MP was replying to queries from journalists in Bihar’s Kishanganj district, before winding up his tour of “Seemanchal”, a densely populated but poverty-ridden and flood-prone region of the state.
“I must say KCR has a vision. And he has done something worthwhile during his tenure, so far,” said Owaisi on Sunday in reply to a question about Prime Ministerial ambitions of regional satraps like Rao. Owaisi also praised KCR’s counterparts in Bihar and West Bengal, Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee, respectively.
“Telangana is a landlocked state. Yet it has a very impressive gross state domestic product. It used to rank the highest in terms of use of pump sets. It is still the second highest producer of fisheries,” said the AIMIM Chief, whose party has seven MLAs in the 119-strong assembly.
Although KCR’s party, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), enjoys a brute majority, it faces a challenge in the upcoming elections with the BJP making inroads and, according to many political experts, tipped to replace the Congress as the principal opposition in Telangana.
Owaisi also lambasted the Congress and its allies for “crying democracy is in danger over what happened in Maharashtra but looking the other way when our MLAs in Bihar were lured away”.
The AIMIM had won five seats in the Bihar assembly polls of 2020 and four of its MLAs joined the RJD last year, one of them even getting a cabinet berth.
Owaisi said, “We wanted an alliance with Mahagathbandhan in 2020, but they derided us… Our performance was there for all to see. We had contested only 10 seats. In 2025, we will field our candidates in 50 constituencies of the 243-strong Bihar assembly”.

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March 20, 2023
Aurangabad renaming: AIMIM halts agitation citing attempts to disturb communal harmony

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Aurangabad: An ongoing agitation to protest the renaming of Maharashtra’s Aurangabad will be halted ahead of a rally here on Sunday, said AIMIM leader Imtiaz Jaleel, claiming that attempts are being made to disturb communal harmony in the city.
“People are coming from outside (out of Aurangabad) to address the rally organized by Sakal Hindu Samaj here. We have brought our agitation to a halt. Now it is the responsibility of the police to maintain peace,” Jaleel told reporters after meeting city police chief Nikhil Gupta on Friday.
Jaleel said a relay hunger strike, which started nearly two weeks ago, outside the collector’s office will be paused from Saturday.
“We shall continue to make efforts to strengthen the legal battle against the renaming,” said the MP from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
The Union government last month approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ and that of Osmanabad city as Dharashiv’. Aurangabad derives its name from Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, while Osmanabad was named for a 20th century ruler of the princely state of Hyderabad.
Jaleel said attempts are being made to disturb the peace. He said, “People who are facing cases for making provocative speeches are going to come and address the rally here on Sunday.”
The lawmaker said their agitation has been peaceful. “Now, efforts are on to give the renaming issue a communal colour,” he said.
He said it is the responsibility of police to ensure that no hateful speeches are given in Sunday’s rally.

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March 18, 2023
Hyderabad: Raja Singh demands case against AIMIM Bahadurpura MLA

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Hyderabad: Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh raked up a storm when he demanded Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA&UD) K T Rama Rao to stop developmental works in Old City as citizens there are not paying power and water bills to the government.
“Why should the taxpayers money of ‘New City’ be used for taking up developmental activities in the old city of Hyderabad? People are not paying power bills because they have been directed by the All India Majlis –e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party MLAs,” alleged Singh.
He was reacting to a recent incident of AIMIM Bahadurpura MLA Mohammad Moazam Khan threatening officials of TSSPDCL (Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited) who had reportedly come for an inspection in Al Jubail Colony, Chandrayangutta on Sunday.
The suspended BJP leader in a video statement said the Bahadurpura MLA is seen threatening the power department officials not to take pending power arrears and go away.
“Such kind of behavior is rampant in the Old City,” he alleged.
Raja Singh further said, “If I make a statement the police immediately reacts and books a case on me for some or other offence. The AIMIM MLA threatened a government official and no case is booked on him yet.”
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March 13, 2023
Eye on polls: AIMIM conducting survey on condition of Muslims in Rajasthan

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Jaipur: The President of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Asaduddin Owaisi, was in Jodhpur, the home turf of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, on Saturday for a survey on the condition of Muslims in the state.
Talking to the media, Owaisi said that a survey is being conducted on the condition of Muslims in Rajasthan. The report will be out sometime this month which shall be made public by March 25-26.
“Muslims have been made porters of secularism. When elections come, they say keep secularism alive, while others keep drowning it. For this reason I am getting the survey done by experts here,” he said.
Owaisi also talked to the media about AIMIM’s strategy for the Assembly elections in Rajasthan scheduled this year.
Owaisi said, “AIMIM will contest the elections in Rajasthan for which I am the visiting major cities of the state. My aim is to help my party’s candidates win.”
On forging alliance with other parties ahead of the polls, Owaisi said, “Only time will tell that.”
On choosing the CM’s home turf for launching his campaign, Owaisi said, “Doing public relations is not a bad thing. I also visited the Prime Minister’s parliamentary constituency and contested elections in Gujarat also.”

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March 12, 2023
Aurangabad renaming: Case against AIMIM MP Jaleel, 1500 others for protest

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Aurangabad: A case was registered on Friday against Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel and more than 1,500 persons in connection with a protest against the renaming of the Marathwada city as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, a police official said.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen MP had led a candle march from the collectorate to Jubilee Park here on Thursday night and had addressed the protesters.
The candle march was taken out despite permission being denied to head of the “anti renaming committee” Ayyub Jahagirdar, the official said.
“Jaleel, Jahagirdar and more than 1,500 protesters have been booked for unlawful assembly under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Maharashtra Police Act,” the official informed.
The Maharashtra government last month issued an order to rename Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv after getting permission to do so from the Centre.
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March 10, 2023
AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel seeks referendum on Aurangabad renaming

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Aurangabad: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Imtiaz Jaleel has demanded a referendum on the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government’s move to rename Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, as he said that only people can take a decision on the name change and not any leader sitting in Delhi or Mumbai.
The Union government last month approved the renaming of Aurangabad city as ‘Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar’ and that of Osmanabad city as ‘Dharashiv’. Aurangabad derives its name from Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, while Osmanabad was named for a 20th century ruler of the princely state of Hyderabad.
AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel, who represents the Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency, on Thursday night led a candle march from the district collector office to Jubilee Park here against the decision to rename the city.
Addressing the participants, Jaleel said, “Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena were in power during 2014-2019. That time they did not rename the city, but when his government was about to go, Uddhav Thackeray remembered that the dream of his late father (Bal Thackeray) has to be fulfilled.”
Renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and Osmanabad as Dharashiv was the last cabinet decision of the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)-Congress government that collapsed in June last year following Shinde’s rebellion against Thackeray.
The new government headed by Shinde scrapped the Thackeray-led cabinet decision and took a fresh decision to rename Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. That decision was taken by the two-member cabinet of CM Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis.
Jaleel said, “Only the CM and the Deputy CM took the decision of changing the name of Aurangabad city.”
“No leader sitting in Mumbai, Delhi…no matter how big they are, can decide about renaming any city in the country. The decision should be through a public poll. A referendum should be held on this,” the AIMIM’s Maharashtra unit chief said.

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March 10, 2023
AIMIM announces first list of candidates for Karnataka Assembly polls

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The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has released the first list of candidates for upcoming assembly polls in Karnataka.
As per the announcement, Lateef Khan Amir Khan Pathan is going to contest from Belagavi North-11 whereas, Durgappa Kashappa Bijawad and Allabaksh Mehboob Sab Bijapur are candidates from Hubli-Dhadwad-East-72 and Basavana Bhagewadi-28 respectively.
AIMIM to contest in Rajasthan too
Earlier, AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi announced that his party will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Karnataka.
Addressing the 65th formation day celebrations of AIMIM at its headquarters in Darussalam, he also exuded confidence that the party will increase its strength in Telangana in the elections scheduled later this year.
Owaisi asked his party cadres to gear up for the Telangana Assembly elections. “The poll bugle for the Telangana Assembly elections has been sounded,” he said.
Karnataka, Rajasthan and Telangana Assembly polls
While Karnataka is scheduled to go for assembly elections before May 2023, the polls in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held before the end of the current year.
The elections in Karnataka will elect 224 MLAs whereas, polls in Telangana and Rajasthan will elect 119 and 200 MLAs respectively.
In Karnataka, BJP is struggling to retain power and making all efforts to reform the government after the polls.

On the other hand, the party is leaving no stone unturned to win a majority of seats in the Karnataka and Telangana Assembly elections.
In Telangana, TRS-friendly party AIMIM may also consider an option to increase their seat share in the upcoming polls in the state. Currently, it has seven MLAs in the state assembly.
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March 6, 2023
Maha: AIMIM to protest from Saturday against Aurangabad’s name change

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Aurangabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel said his party will start an agitation from Saturday against the renaming of Aurangabad as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
Marathwada’s largest city and a major industrial hub was renamed after the second king of the Maratha Empire late February along with Osmanabad, which will be known as Dharashiv.
Jaleel, who is the MP from Aurangabad, said his party had postponed the agitation in view of the Women20 meet, a programme that is part of the G20 presidency of India.
A relay hunger strike will be undertaken and it will commence at the district collector’s office at 11 am on Saturday, Jaleel said in a press release.
He claimed the agitation “will not be of any political party but of the people of the city”.
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March 3, 2023
AIMIM candidate unanimously elected as MLC of Hyderabad local bodies

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Hyderabad: Mirza Rahmat Baig, a candidate of AIMIM, has been elected as the MLC of Hyderabad Local Bodies. The Election Commission of India on Monday declared him the winner as there were no other candidates contesting the elections.
The certificate of his victory was handed over by the Returning Officer Priyanka Ala. The election was held unanimously and Mirza Rahmat Baig was declared the winner on the last date for withdrawal.
In 2018, Baig contested the Assembly election from Rajendra Nagar as AIMIM candidate and finished third.
BRS backed AIMIM in Hyderabad local bodies constituency
In the polls for MLC, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) supported its ‘friendly party’ AIMIM. The decision to back the AIMIM candidates was taken by BRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
Earlier, a statement from Chief Minister’s office mentioned, ‘Considering the request from AIMIM party to allot the MLC seat and support them in the ensuing Hyderabad Local Body elections, BRS President and Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao decided to support the AIMIM, like in the previous elections’.
While declaring Mirza Rahmath Baig as AIMIM candidate for the MLC polls, Owaisi thanked ex-MLC Syed Amin Ul Hasan Jafri for his valuable services to the party. He said the party will continue to benefit from his experience and wisdom in the future too.
Baig thanks Asaduddin Owaisi
After getting elected as MLC of Hyderabad local bodies, Mirza Rahmat Baig thanked AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi and tweeted, ‘I will do my best to serve the people of Telangana’.
Alhamdulillah I have been unanimously elected as Telangana Member of Legislative Council. I am grateful to Allah(SWT) for his blessings. I am thankful to Barrister @asadowaisi Sahab, for trusting me, I will do my best to serve the people of Telangana. pic.twitter.com/yb58MELn28
— Mirza Rahmat Baig (@_MirzaRahmath) February 27, 2023
He also shared his photographs wherein he can be seen collecting the certificate from the Returning Officer Priyanka Ala.

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February 28, 2023
AIMIM adopts 9-point resolution, condemns rise of Muslim, Dalit attacks

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Hyderabad: At the national convention here on Sunday, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) adopted a nine-point resolution, including condemnation of the increasing number of hate crimes against Muslim and Dalit communities nationwide, opposing the Uniform Civil Code, and scrapping of Maulana Azad National Fellowship among others.
At the second day of our National Convention @aimim_national adopted important resolutions on various national issues including talking to Sangh Parivar, condemning violence against Muslims/Dalits & opposing Hindu Rashtra. Text of the resolutions 👇 pic.twitter.com/ZTrmb1VFaM
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) February 26, 2023
Attack on Minorities and Dalits
The resolution was moved by AIMIM national spokesperson Waris Pathan.
Apart from condemning Muslim/Dalit attacks, AIMIM stated that there was a direct connection between the patronage given by the BJP governments, frequent hate speeches and targeted violence, thus creating an environment of fear and insecurity in the country.
“BJP and Congress-led governments have repeatedly participated in “Dahram Sansads”, making genocidal calls against Muslims. State governments’ inaction against such sansads has emboldened criminal elements,” the resolution said.
It also acknowledged increasing sexual violence on women, violence for merely riding a horse to a wedding, and a call for socio-economic boycotts.
“AIMIM also condemns the silence and unwillingness of self-identifying secular parties to counter such hate speech and violence,” the resolution said.
The resolution also spoke about the clamp down on Love Jihad, crime in the name of cow protection, anti-conversion law, compensation to the victims, and rehabilitation of their families, strengthening the implementation of SC/ST Act and protection from religious-based discrimination.
Reservation of Muslims
AIMIM’s second point was on the reservation of Muslims. It was moved by AIMIM Aurangabad MP and Maharashtra president Imtiaz Jaleel.

The Centre and several state governments have time and again refused to provide reservations to Muslims in the field of education and public employment.
“Other communities with similar (or lower) levels of deprivation continue to enjoy reservations while the same is denied to Muslims,” the AIMIM resolution stated.
It asked the Centre to breach the 50% ceiling limit on reservations by introducing constitutional amendments.
The resolution asked for sub-classification in the Central OBC list and ensure the most backward get the highest bracket of reservation.
It also asked the Telangana government to increase the reservation of backward Muslim groups from 4 to 12 percent.
Uniform Civil Code
The resolution was moved by AIMIM national spokesperson Waris Pathan.
AIMIM vehemently opposes the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and termed it as a disaster that strips away every culture and religious group’s right to preservation under Article 29 of the Indian Constitution.
“A uniform civil code already exists in India in the form of various laws such as the Special Marriage Act, Indian Succession Act, Juvenile Justice Act, etc. If individuals wish to be subjected to personal laws they have the option to choose, marry, divorce and adopt under non-religious laws,” the resolution stated.
Love Jihad/ Freedom of Religion
The resolution was moved by AIMIM national spokesperson Asim Waqar.
It recognizes Love Jihad and interference in the freedom of religion as draconian laws that are used to persecute Christians and Muslims.
AIMIM called for the repeal of such laws that restricts a person to chose a spouse/partner of their choice.
Waqf properties
The resolution was passed by AIMIM Maharashtra working president Ghaffar Quadari.
It states that Waqf properties have recently been subjected to encroachments across India. It acknowledged that apart from Central and state governments, existing provisions of the Waqf Act have failed to ensure the safety of the properties.
I also urged the Centre to amend the Waqf Act 1995 and provide judicial powers, similar to the power provided in case to Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments.
Violating Secularism, Hindu Rashtra
The resolution was moved by AIMIM GHMC corporator Sameena Begum.
AIMIM condemns the repeated calling for the establishment of a Hindu Rashtra by several MLAs and MPs.
“India was never a Hindu Rashtra and it will never be. India also respects those who have no religion or worship no deity. India must honour everyone with equal respect and dignity. No person must be forced to forfeit their religious identity or forced to accept a majoritarian supremacy,” the resolution stated.
It also demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi defend the Places of Worship Act, 1991 in the Supreme Court.
Talking to Sangh Parivar
The resolution was moved by AIMIM national spokesperson Waris Pathan.
It recognized Sangh Parivar as an organization rooted in anti-Muslim hatred and the promotion of Hindu supremacy.
“The Sangh Parivar does not believe in democracy, secularism or pluralism and instead promotes assimilation of diverse Indians rather than accepting its diversity,” the resolution stated.
Educational Schemes
The resolution was moved by AIMIM Maharashtra working president Gaffar Quadari
AIMIM strongly condemns the scrapping of the Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Pre-matric scholarships for minorities, SC and ST students.
“The discontinuation of these schemes and slashing of the budget of union Ministry of Minorities Affairs by 40% is a clear expression of the government’s anti-minority agenda,” the resolution stated.
Civil Liberties
The resolution was moved by AIMIM Bihar youth president and spokesperson Aadil Hasan.
AIMIM also condemned draconian laws such as the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), National Security Act (NSA) and the Public Safety Act (PSA).
“These laws have been repeatedly used against Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis and intellectuals. The government must prosecute and punish officials involved in false prosecutions under anti-terror laws, and complete compensation for the victim’s families,” the resolution stated.

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February 26, 2023