Such has been the dominance of AIMIM in Hyderabad politics for over 4 many years that its stronghold remained resistant to the political waves sweeping the state.
Regardless of which get together was in energy within the erstwhile united Andhra Pradesh, the assist base of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) remained intact.
There was no change after Telangana was carved out as a separate state in 2014. Regardless of the reservations the Asaduddin Owaisi-led get together had over the division of Andhra Pradesh, the get together tailored itself to the brand new political state of affairs dominated by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
Whereas sustaining its agency grip over the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency and 7 Muslim majority Meeting segments within the metropolis, AIMIM backed TRS in the remainder of the state each in 2014 and 2018 elections.
This friendship and the secular picture of Chief Minister Okay. Chandrasekhar Rao helped TRS safe the assist of Muslim voters.
With an enormous focus of Muslim voters in state capital Hyderabad and another districts, they’re able to tilt the stability in practically half of the 119 Meeting constituencies.
Muslim voters are believed to be between 35 and 60 per cent in 10 constituencies in Hyderabad and wherever between 10 and 40 per cent within the 50 different constituencies unfold throughout the remainder of the state.
Besides the eight Meeting constituencies the place AIMIM candidates had been within the fray, the get together backed TRS in all of the remaining constituencies.
Whereas AIMIM’s political opponents accuse the get together of pursuing communal politics, CM KCR on many events defended his good friend and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. He lauded the AIMIM chief for preventing for the Constitutional rights of Muslims in a democratic method and even talked of utilizing the companies of Owaisi to forge a nationwide different to each BJP and Congress.
BJP, which goes aggressive to seize energy in Telangana, has been focusing on KCR for his friendship with Owaisi and accusing the TRS chief of pursuing politics of appeasement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Dwelling Minister Amit Shah and different central leaders of BJP have slammed KCR for appeasement politics. Digging up the previous, the state management of the saffron get together has been making bitter assaults on AIMIM, calling it a celebration of Razakars’.
Razakars’ had been the volunteers or supporters of Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) who backed the Nizam who wished to maintain the state unbiased after India gained Independence in 1947.
13 months after August 15, 1947, Hyderabad State acceded to the Indian Union following India’s army motion codenamed Operation Polo’.
MIM was based 1927 to advertise the socio-economic and academic improvement of Muslims. After Operation Polo’ hastened the accession of Hyderabad State into the Indian Union in 1948, MIM was banned.
Nevertheless, in 1958 it was revived with a brand new structure by Moulana Abdul Wahid Owaisi, grandfather of Asaduddin Owaisi. A widely known lawyer in these days, Abdul Wahid Owaisi transformed it right into a political get together to struggle for the rights of the minorities as enshrined within the Indian Structure.
“Those that wished to go have gone. Those that love the nation select to stay right here,” says Asaduddin Owaisi in response to BJP’s taunt of Razakars’.
He dismisses allegations of pursuing communal politics and maintains that AIMIM believes in Indian Structure and has been preventing for the Constitutional rights of minorities, Dalits and others.
AIMIM made its electoral debut in 1959, successful two municipal by-elections in Hyderabad. In 1960, it emerged as the primary opposition get together in Hyderabad.
Abdul Wahed Owaisi’s son Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi was among the many get together leaders elected to the Municipal Company of Hyderabad (MCH).
The get together underwent picture makeover within the Eighties when Salahuddin Owaisi made three Hindu corporators of the get together mayors of Hyderabad. These had been the times when Hyderabad used to witness frequent communal tensions.
From municipal wards within the outdated metropolis of Hyderabad to 2 Lok Sabha seats in 2019, AIMIM has come a good distance in its six-decade-long journey in Impartial India.
Greater than three many years after first successful the Hyderabad seat, the get together expanded itself in true sense in 2019 by wresting the Aurangabad seat in Maharashtra from the Shiv Sena.
A celebration confined to the outdated metropolis of Hyderabad until a couple of years in the past, AIMIM was a butt of ridicule by its rivals for calling itself an all-India get together.
The get together now has 10 MLAs — seven in Telangana, two in Maharashtra and one in Bihar. Its tally of MLAs was 14 until just lately, however 4 MLAs in Bihar switched loyalties to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Whereas persevering with its efforts to develop to varied states, the AIMIM is treading cautiously to test BJP’s surge in Telangana.
In a tactical transfer aimed toward stopping the BJP from politically exploiting emotive points like September 17, AIMIM for the primary time in its historical past has determined to have a good time the day this 12 months as nationwide integration day.
It was on September 17, 1948 that Hyderabad State was merged with the Indian Union. AIMIM at all times opposed celebrating the day on the bottom that there’s just one Independence Day for your complete nation.
The BJP has been focusing on TRS for not formally celebrating Telangana Liberation Day’ resulting from strain from Owaisi.
Nevertheless, political analysts say that KCR could come beneath rising assault from BJP for his friendship with AIMIM.
With inputs from News18
