After Muslim-Dalit alliance in Maharashtra recently , and Telangana’s present election politics, he looks well placed
By Abdul hafiz lakhani Mumbai
After Muslim-Dalit alliance in Maharashtra recently, the Supremo of Hyderabad based Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi looks a big political player in country now. Hyderabad based Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar was launched with a bang ripples of which were felt across Maharashtra.
Given that 50 of the 119 seats have over 10% representation of Muslim voters, puts the spotlight back on the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which expects to increase its influence beyond the Muslim strongholds in Hyderabad.
Addressing the rally MIM President and Member of Parliament from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi said, “This is an alliance of all the oppressed and suppressed sections of the society”. He gave a call to the supporters of both the organisations to work tirelessly to ensure that Prakash Ambedkar was sent to Parliament in the next elections. “Prakash sahab is our elder brother. He is the grand son of the architect of Indian constitution Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar who gave equality and fraternity”, he said.
Giving entire credit of giving right to liberty, equality and fraternity to each and every citizen of the country “We will have to pay back the debt of Dr Ambedkar by sending Prakash sahab to the Parliament”, he said. Owaisi vowed to work to get him elected to Parliament the same way as Muslims of Bengal had elected Dr BR Ambedkar to the constituent Assembly of India.
“Who gave us this constitution? Not the Sanghi organization (RSS), not the Nehru Gandhi family. The constitution was given to us by Dr Ambedkar”, he said amid the slogans of “Jai Bheem Jai meem” signifying the Dalit-Muslim alliance.
He recalled how the Dalits were subjected to inhuman treatment and the practice of untouchability before the constitution came into effect.
“Who are the people who are suffering the worst discrimination even today. Dalits and Muslims have the same problems and they will have to work together to solve them”, he said. He said that the alliance will work to win at least five Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra in the coming elections.
Prakash Ambedkar, who was a popular Dalit leader in Maharashtra, said that the success of the Alliance would depend on how closely and harmoniously both the Muslims and Dalits work together on the ground. “It is for you to strengthen it and make it successful”, he said.
I have never seen such a fearless leader before,” said Syed Jawad, a 22-year-old dairy shop owner who watched Owaisi here in this western city about 200 miles from Mumbai. “Owaisi is the new messiah for us.”
A third-term member of Parliament from a small party in southern India, he has continued to emerge as a rising star in Muslim politics by tapping into the growing anxieties of India’s 170 million Muslims following the sharp rise of Hindu nationalist forces after the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi..
Owaisi, 48, is being hailed as a “superstar of the Muslim community,” a “truth-speaking angry young man” and “a ray of hope” among India’s Muslims. Muslims make up 14 percent of India’s 1.2 billion population but have historically had little political influence.
Political analysts believe the AIMIM, which is on “friendly” terms with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), will help the latter win some seats through tactical posturing, thereby weaning away crucial Muslim votes away from the Congress. If that happens, then it will mark a generational shift of minority votes from the Congress.
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