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Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi

DOB: 13 May 1969

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.

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Owaisi communal twist to UP encounters, says 37 percent of those killed are Muslims

India | Mar 15, 2021, 03:49 PM IST

Owaisi claimed that Muslims are being killed in encounters by the police in Uttar Pradesh. He said that out of 6,475 encounters of the criminals that took place in the state between 2017 and 2020, 37 per cent were Muslims.

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'Coincidence that PM Modi received Covaxin': Owaisi raises questions over Covishield's efficacy

India | Mar 01, 2021, 02:11 PM IST

Covishield and Covaxin are two anti-coronavirus vaccines approved by the DGCI for emergency use in India. PM Modi received a Covaxin jab.

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Bengal polls 2021: Owaisi slams Mamata Banerjee after denial of police permission for rally

Elections | Feb 25, 2021, 04:18 PM IST

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly are likely to be held in April-May.  

Bengal polls 2021: Asaduddin Owaisi's first rally in Kolkata cancelled after police refuse permissio

Bengal polls 2021: Owaisi's first rally in Kolkata cancelled after police refuse permission

Elections | Feb 25, 2021, 08:43 AM IST

The rally was to take place in the Muslim-dominated Metiabruz area of Kolkata - which falls in the parliamentary constituency represented by Abhishek Banerjee, who is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew.

AIMIM wins 7 seats in Ahmedabad civic body on Gujarat poll debut

AIMIM wins 7 seats in Ahmedabad civic body on Gujarat poll debut

Elections | Feb 24, 2021, 10:35 AM IST

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) marked its debut in Gujarat polls by winning seven seats in the civic body of Ahmedabad.

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Bengal polls: ISF's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance

Elections | Feb 17, 2021, 01:08 PM IST

The Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui has joined the Congress-Left alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.

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UP Panchayat Polls: Owaisi's AIMIM stitches alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar's SBSP

Elections | Jan 14, 2021, 07:08 PM IST

According to reports, the Hyderabad-based party has stitched an alliance with Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) led by Om Prakash Rajbhar.   

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'He will help in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal too': Sakshi Maharaj on Asaduddin Owaisi

India | Jan 14, 2021, 12:49 PM IST

Buoyed by the party's performance in the Bihar Assembly elections, Owaisi has announced to contest elections in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

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Owaisi's AIMIM announces first candidate for 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

India | Dec 29, 2020, 02:04 PM IST

On December 16, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi had met Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar in Lucknow to stitch an alliance for the 2022 Assembly polls.  

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After Bihar, Owaisi's AIMIM to test waters in Madhya Pradesh through local body polls

Elections | Dec 25, 2020, 08:37 PM IST

Eyeing to expand its base in central India, the AIMIM has decided to conduct a survey of Muslim-dominated areas in Madhya Pradesh. 

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Owaisi effect? Congress to organise convention for minorities in Bengal on Dec 23

Politics | Dec 18, 2020, 04:24 PM IST

The convention will be organised at the Ramlila ground in Kolkata. The event will be attended by senior leaders of the party in the state and Congress' Bengal in-charge Jitin Prasad. 

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'Muslim voters not your jagir': Owaisi blasts Mamata over 'money' charge

India | Dec 16, 2020, 02:51 PM IST

After Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of trying to import Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM in the poll-bound state to sharpen the communal polarization so that they can divide the Hindu-Muslim votes among themselves, The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief on Wednesday said never was a man born who can buy him and called the allegation baseless .

AIMIM to contest UP Assembly polls

Owaisi meets Om Prakash Rajbhar in Lucknow, triggers talks of alliance for UP polls

India | Dec 16, 2020, 02:41 PM IST

Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday met Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar at a Lucknow hotel. UP will go to polls in 2022.

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BJP trying to import Owaisi's AIMIM in Bengal to split Hindu-Muslim votes: Mamata

India | Dec 15, 2020, 11:15 PM IST

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) after its good show in the Bihar assembly polls has announced to contest in next year's Bengal polls.

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Exclusive: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi downplays BJP's big win in GHMC polls

India | Dec 05, 2020, 07:19 PM IST

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi in an exclusive conversation with India TV after Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) results said that he salutes to the people of the old city who stood by the composite culture of the city and did not fall for Hindu-Muslim divide. In the GHMC polls, TRS emerged as the single largest party with 55 seats, BJP saw a huge jump in its seats from 4 to 48 while AIMIM bagged 44 seats.

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BJP only creating a hype, defaming 'brand' Hyderabad, says Owaisi

India | Nov 30, 2020, 02:38 PM IST

Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will be held on December 1. The counting of votes for the poll would be taken up on December 4. There are 150 wards in all in the corporation, and the mayor’s post is reserved for a woman this time.

'Your entire generation will end': Owaisi hits back at Adityanth’s ‘Hyderabad renaming’ remark

'Your entire generation will end': Owaisi hits back at Adityanth’s ‘Hyderabad renaming’ remark

India | Nov 29, 2020, 01:09 PM IST

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has made a scathing attack at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said that his "entire generation will end" but Hyderabad's name will not be changed.

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GHMC polls: Asaduddin Owaisi dares PM Modi to campaign in Hyderabad

India | Nov 30, 2020, 10:39 AM IST

Hyderabad is considered a bastion of the Owaisi family. Asaduddin Owaisi is representing Hyderabad in the Lok Sabha since 2004. Between 1984 and 2004, his father Salahuddin Owaisi won every general election from the seat.

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GHMC Polls: BJP leader says 'will do surgical strike to remove Pakistanis', Owaisi hits back

India | Nov 24, 2020, 09:18 PM IST

Ahead of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, war of words between political competitors is also getting intense in the city. In one such incident, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has hit out at a BJP leader who in a statement talked about conducting a surgical strike in the old city if they wins polls.

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Asaduddin Owaisi's Bengal dream suffers setback as key AIMIM leader joins TMC

India | Nov 23, 2020, 09:18 PM IST

AIMIM's West Bengal unit leader Anwar Pasha along with some of his colleagues joined the Trinamool Congress on Monday, claiming that the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party was only acting as a polariser of votes to help the BJP.

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