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TopicAsaduddin Owaisi

Topic: Asaduddin Owaisi

Why talks of a ‘secular front’ against BJP & Trinamool have hit a wall in Bengal

Indian Secular Front, formed by Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui, and Congress have discussed a potential alliance in upcoming polls. But an old 'rivalry' has queered pitch.

BJP wants to ‘Gujarat-ise’ Bengal, Congress will build tallest Netaji statue — Jitin Prasada

Congress in-charge of Bengal Jitin Prasada tells ThePrint party will fight to save the soul of the state, protect it from ‘ideological invasion’ by BJP.

Why Furfura Sharif, Muslim shrine Owaisi visited in Bengal, could be key to Mamata’s return

In an interview to ThePrint, Furfura Sharif cleric Peerzada Abbas Siddique accused Mamata of ‘appeasing, rather than uplifting Muslims’. He is set cleric to launch party & fight polls.

Asaduddin Owaisi visits West Bengal, meets influential Muslim cleric to discuss state polls

AIMIM state secretary said Owaisi wanted to keep the meeting with cleric Abbas Siddiqui a secret due to apprehensions that TMC govt might stop him from exiting the airport.

Owaisi visits UP after Bihar success, teams up with BJP’s ex-ally SBSP for 2022 polls

Asaduddin Owaisi meets Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief O.P. Rajbhar, joins Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha — a proposed anti-BJP alliance in UP.

In Hyderabad civic polls, test for TRS-AIMIM ‘friendship’ as BJP makes it key plank

They have never officially been in alliance, but ruling party TRS and AIMIM have been known to share a friendly relationship since Telangana was formed in 2014.

The BJP does not want Owaisi, the BJP does not need Owaisi

The BJP’s aim is to invisibilise Muslims. Owaisi is a challenge to that project. 

Asaduddin Owaisi’s rise is just the opportunity Hindutva politics is waiting for

The idea that all Muslims must vote as a single bloc is as deeply abhorrent as the attempt to unite all Hindus in a vote bank.

Owaisi says Muslims ‘alienated’ in Mamata’s Bengal, but AIMIM yet to take call on 2021 polls

The performance of Owaisi’s AIMIM in Bihar — it won 5 of 20 seats — has intensified speculation about the Hyderabad MP’s plans for next year’s Bengal polls.

India’s Hindi belt politics has a southern challenger — Asaduddin Owaisi

The ‘Hyderabad ke mohalle ka leader’ is now being dubbed as ‘nearly king-maker’. Taking him lightly will only cost the Opposition.

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In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.