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TopicAsaduddin Owaisi

Topic: Asaduddin Owaisi

Bengal polls: Owaisi’s AIMIM breaks up with Humayun Kabir’s AJUP over viral ‘vote-splitting conspiracy’ video

TMC released video in which Kabir is purportedly seen claiming he planned—'at BJP's behest'—to engineer a split in Muslim votes that had largely consolidated behind Mamata in 2021 polls.

AIMIM’s biggest civic poll breakthrough in Maharashtra yet with wider footprint—Marathwada to Mumbai

Overall, the party has won 125 seats across the 29 municipal bodies, a significant improvement from 81 it bagged in the 2017 polls.

Old Hyderabad tense after Puranapul temple vandalism sparks mob clash with police

Two separate cases registered after temple vandalism and violence on Wednesday night. Later, AIMIM chief Owaisi visited the area as tension gripped the locality.

SIR a ‘backdoor NRC’ meant to disenfranchise people in name of religion—Owaisi in Lok Sabha

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on election reforms, AIMIM chief Owaisi says the ECI is not a body empowered to concern itself about citizenship.

Two different tunes: Owaisi’s AIMIM sits out in Jubilee Hills but challenges Congress, RJD in Bihar

There can be no connection, or comparison between a state election where a new govt will be formed & a by-poll with no consequences on Telangana's political circumstances, he says.

Salahuddin Owaisi carved space for Muslims in Indian politics. Hyderabad was his arena

Supporters recount Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi’s stories like an action film. For them, he was nothing less than a macho hero.

Marshals deployed, torn copies flung & MPs come to near-blows as 130th Amendment Bill introduced in LS

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, which seeks to remove central & state ministers with chargesheet against them.

Owaisi & Rijiju engage in public spat over ‘benefits & protection’ to minorities under Modi govt

Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi got into a public spat on Monday with Union Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju, contesting the latter’s claim...

Even the Right loves Asaduddin Owaisi post-Op Sindoor. Why ‘secular’ camp won’t embrace him yet

Secular parties believe that Owaisi’s support for the Modi government—even over terrorism—will alienate the Muslims from him. He must prove them wrong in Bihar polls.

Secular card, Seemanchal link & other factors in Bihar as Owaisi’s AIMIM seeks tie-up with RJD

Four of five AIMIM leaders who won 2020 polls defected to RJD. Offering to join alliance, AIMIM says it's ready to forget & start afresh.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.