Asaduddin Owaisi

Sedition Case Against 12 AMU Students Accused Of Raising Pro-Pak Slogans

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Security was beefed up at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) after some students and a TV channel crew got into an altercation over reports of a visit by AIMIM lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi, police said on Wednesday.

Bharat Ratna For Ambedkar Out Of Compulsion, Not Dil Se: Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday January 28, 2019

BR Ambdekar was conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, out of compulsion and not by heart, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Sunday.

In Nitin Gadkari's "Spin Dreams" Comment, Opposition Sees Message For PM

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday January 28, 2019

Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who recently made headlines with a series of cryptic comments seen as hidden messages to the BJP leadership, had more to say on Sunday. His words delighted the Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi, who declared that Mr Gadkari's message was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shocking Reason Why Telangana's BJP Lawmaker Won't Take Oath

Telangana News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday January 6, 2019

The lone lawmaker of the BJP in Telangana has refused to take oath in the state assembly in front of the pro-tem speaker, who is from AIMIM (All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen). Mumtaz Ahmed Khan from Asaduddin Owaisi's party was named pro-tem Speaker yesterday.

Amit Shah Calls Passage Of Triple Talaq Bill "Historic", Slams Congress

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Thursday December 27, 2018

Hours after the Lok Sabha passed the Triple Talaq Bill to criminalise the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam, BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday demanded that the Congress apologise for subjecting Muslim women to "decades of injustice".

"Why Target Triple Talaq But Support Homosexuality?": Asaduddin Owaisi To Centre

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday December 28, 2018

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi today questioned the logic behind the government curbing the practice of Triple Talaq while supporting the "decriminalisation" of homosexuality. He termed it as an attack on the rights conferred upon Muslims by the constitution.

"Imran Khan Sahab Should Learn Something From Us": Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | ANI | Monday December 24, 2018

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday reacted on Twitter to Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent comments on minority rights in India.

Meghalaya Judge's "Hindu Nation" Remark Unacceptable: Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 13, 2018

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday termed as unacceptable the judgment of Meghalaya High Court that India should have been a Hindu nation.

Congress Doesn't Have The Capacity To Stop PM Modi: Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 11, 2018

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi said people of Telangana and also Hyderabad have rejected the "opportunistic, divisive and communal" politics of Congress and BJP.

"Will Stand By Him": Asaduddin Owaisi On KCR Party And "Nation Building"

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday December 10, 2018

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi today said the Telangana Rashtra Samithi will form the next government in Telangana on its own strength and his party will stand by it and its chief K Chandrasekhar Rao or KCR.

After Exit Polls, KCR's Party Scoffs At BJP Advances In Telangana

Telangana News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday December 9, 2018

Yet another BJP overture for alliance has got shot down by K Chandrashekar Rao's Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a party the Congress dubbed the "B Team of the BJP".

AIMIM Confident Of Winning All Contested Seats: Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday December 7, 2018

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi today exuded confidence that his party would be successful in Telangana Assembly polls. "I am hopeful. I am fully confident that we will be successful in every seat. I hope people of Hyderabad, people of Telangana take this little difficulty, go out of homes and use their vote," he told reporters.

"I'm No. 1 Citizen Of India": Asaduddin Owaisi On Yogi Adityanath Comment

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 5, 2018

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday lashed out at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath again over his "Nizam" barb at him, saying Indian Muslims had rejected Muhammad Ali Jinnah's two-nation theory and he is a citizen of this country "by choice".

"No, We Won't Join TRS Government," Says Asaduddin Owaisi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 5, 2018

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday ruled out his party joining the TRS government in the event of it returning to power for second term in office.

On 1999 Police Attack On Him, Asaduddin Owaisi Blames Chandrababu Naidu

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 4, 2018

MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday alleged that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu was behind the police attack on him in 1999 as he was to campaign for the Congress party.