Born on May 13, 1969, Asaduddin Owaisi is an Indian politician, who is the President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. He is a three-time Member of Parliament (MP), representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Owaisi made his political debut in 1994 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Contesting from the Charminar constituency which his party has been winning since 1967, he defeated his nearest rival a breakaway party Majlis Bachao Tehreek's candidate by a margin of 40 thousand votes. In 2004 election, he was succeeded by Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri as the member of the Assembly from the constituency. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will contest only eight seats in Hyderabad out of the total 119 in the forthcoming Telangana elections, a senior party leader said on condition of anonymity.
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The AIMIM had in the November 2020 Bihar Assembly polls won five of the 20 seats it contested.
In Uttar Pradesh by-elections, the ruling BJP won both Rampur and Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituencies. BJP candidate Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Mohammad Asim Raja in the Rampur seat.
AIMIM leader feels that Hindutva as opposed to Hinduism is exclusive. He sees Hindutva as a danger to India's Constitution and composite culture as it does not believe in equality and talks about one nation and one religion.
Meanwhile, the BJP will hold its parliamentary board meeting on Tuesday where it is likely to finalise its pick for the election slated to be held on July 18, sources said.
Owaisi further said that BJP is safeguarding Nupur Sharma and asked the Telangana CM to arrest her and bring her to Telangana.
The opposition, on several occasions, has alleged that Asaduddin Owaisi's party is the 'B' team of BJP.
More fronts will come out and there will be even bigger movements if now-sacked BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal are not punished, said AIMIM Solapur district chief Farooq Shabdi.
Speaking on Friday unrest that erupted in several states, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that at some places, protests were peaceful, while there was violence at many places... it shouldn't have happened.
The protest took place yesterday outside Parliament Street police station in the national capital after party chief Asaddudin Owaisi was named in an FIR for allegedly posting and sharing messages on social media against the maintenance of public tranquility and inciting people on divisive lines.
Reacting to the FIR against him, Owaisi defended his position in 10 points on Twitter. The leader said he has received an excerpt of the FIR and this is the first time he has seen a report that does not mention what the crime is.
The BJP on Sunday suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma from the party's primary membership after her alleged inflammatory remarks directed at Prophet Mohammad.
The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has two members in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, which forms the electoral college for the Rajya Sabha polls, scheduled on June 10.
The BJP had on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad escalated.
Owaisi also questioned the assurances of ensuring peace and harmony in the country given by BJP chief Jagat Prakash Nadda and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
Owaisi claimed that India was formed after people migrated from Africa, Iran, Central Asia, and East Asia.
Asaduddin Owaisi said Muslims are not ready to lose another mosque after the Babri Masjid, on a day it was claimed in a Varanasi court that a Shivling was found in the Gyanvapi complex.
Owaisi, MLA from Chandrayangutta in Telangana, had recently offered prayers at the tomb of the 17th century Mughal emperor in Khuldabad in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district.
Owaisi's remarks came after a Varanasi court while hearing the matter on Thursday said that the survey inside the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple will continue and the report needs to be submitted by May 17.
Owaisi also slammed BJP for being silent over a provision of Goa's common civil code where Hindu man is allowed to marry twice.
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