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Asaduddin Owaisi

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.

Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi will start wearing ‘janeu’ if..., says UP minister
Elections | Dec 27, 2021, 08:53 AM IST
This will be in the line of leaders like Rahul Gandhi wearing ‘janeu’ and Akhilesh Yadav visiting Hanuman temples to pay his obeisance amid the strengthening BJP’s ideology, UP's Panchayati Raj Minister Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary asserted.
UP Election 2022: Yogi Adityanath suffering from fever of renaming places, says Asaduddin Owaisi
Elections | Dec 26, 2021, 10:40 AM IST
The AIMIM chief further mocked the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh over their defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections despite of their alliance with Congress and regional parties (mahagathbandhan) and questioned, "Why they won only 15 seats?
My speech being used out of context to create controversy: Asaduddin Owaisi
Kurukshetra | Dec 25, 2021, 08:07 PM IST
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said in Firozabad that 19 percent of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh do not have political power and they have come to get this power. , which made his people successful. Now this is the power of votes needed to make the Muslims of UP successful.

Muqabla: Did Asaduddin Owaisi give a 'hate speech' at Kanpur rally ?
News | Dec 24, 2021, 08:01 PM IST
Addressing a rally in Kanpur of poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on December 12, Asaduddin Owaisi had threatened the state's police personnel over alleged atrocities committed by them against the Muslims and warned the police that they won't "enjoy the patronage of UP CM Yogi and PM Modi for a long time".
'Criminal & Communal mindset': BJP blasts Asaduddin Owaisi over threat to UP Police
Elections | Dec 24, 2021, 01:41 PM IST
Asaduddin Owaisi had threatened the UP Police over alleged atrocities committed by cops against the Muslims and warned the police that they won't "enjoy the patronage of UP CM Yogi and PM Modi for a long time".
'Violates fundamental right to privacy': Owaisi opposes proposal to link Aadhaar with Voter ID
India | Dec 20, 2021, 10:19 AM IST
Last week, the Union Cabinet is believed to have cleared a bill on electoral reforms, allowing the Election Commission of India to link the Aadhaar with the Voter ID of individuals.

UP Polls: BJP won't sack Ajay Mishra Teni because they need Brahmin votes, says Owaisi
Elections | Dec 18, 2021, 06:52 PM IST
Several opposition leaders have demanded Ajay Mishra's resignation. SIT has submitted before a court that the killing of the four farmers and a journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri, in which Ajay Mishra's son Ashish is among the 13 accused, was a "pre-planned conspiracy".
Asaduddin Owaisi 12-tweet pointer for Centre on raising legal age of marriage for women
India | Dec 18, 2021, 03:45 PM IST
The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal to bring in uniformity in the marriageable age of men and women.
'How will Owaisi saheb become PM if you don't have more children?' AIMIM leader's viral video
Elections | Dec 16, 2021, 07:56 PM IST
Ghufran Noor said that Dalits and Muslims were being 'scared' into having fewer children, insisting that it was against Sharia law.

Muqabla: How will Owaisi saheb become PM if you don't have more kids? AIMIM leader's viral video
News | Dec 16, 2021, 07:00 PM IST
A video has gone viral that purportedly shows an AIMIM leader urging Muslims to have more children if they want to see Asaduddin Owaisi as country's PM one day.
PM won't suspend Ajay Mishra because he needs upper caste votes for UP Polls: Owaisi
Elections | Dec 15, 2021, 05:39 PM IST
Owaisi's statement came a day after the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence said it was a "pre-planned conspiracy".
SP, BSP, Congress turned blind eye when Babri masjid demolished: Owaisi in UP
Elections | Dec 13, 2021, 09:41 AM IST
The AIMIM chief said his party will contest 100 seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. He said AIMIM is open to forming an alliance.

EXCLUSIVE | Muslims in Uttar Pradesh need to create independent political leadership: Owaisi
India | Dec 12, 2021, 02:36 PM IST
The erstwhile Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra had provided 5 percent reservation to Muslims in jobs and education in 2014. The Bombay HC quashed the Maratha quota but upheld the Muslim quota in education.
Ruckus after AIMIM MLAs refuse to sing 'Vande Mataram' during Bihar assembly session
India | Dec 03, 2021, 08:41 PM IST
The national anthem (Jana Gana Mana) was sung by all the legislators at the beginning of the winter session and today the national song (Vande Mataram) was sung during the concluding day. But there was a ruckus in the Bihar Legislative Assembly regarding this.
Owaisi's driver fined for driving SUV without number plate; cop rewarded ₹5,000 for action
India | Nov 24, 2021, 11:26 AM IST
After the police asked for the fine, a few supporters of the AIMIM chief gathered outside the guest house where the SUV had reached. Soon, senior police officials also reached the spot.

Kurukshetra: Yogi's stern warning to Owaisi over his CAA and NRC remarks
Kurukshetra | Nov 23, 2021, 08:29 PM IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his CAA and NRC remarks. Addressing a rally in Kanpur, Adityanath warned Owaisi against trying to disrupt peace and communal harmony in the state, saying the BJP government knows 'how to handle'. Watch this episode of Kurukshetra with Saurav Sharma.
'Govt knows how to handle': Yogi Adityanath warns Owaisi against CAA-NRC pitch in UP
Elections | Nov 23, 2021, 04:19 PM IST
Yogi Adityanath said that Asaduddin Owaisi is hand-in-glove with Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party.
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India | Nov 23, 2021, 12:17 AM IST
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BJP and Owaisi are 'chacha-bhatija': Rakesh Tikait on AIMIM leader's demand to repeal CAA
India | Nov 22, 2021, 03:03 PM IST
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.
'Will hit the streets again': Owaisi warns of protests if CAA not repealed
India | Nov 22, 2021, 06:59 AM IST
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.