AIMIM Active Role in Politics
During the last days of Abdul Wahed Owaisi 1974–75, his son Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi took complete command of AIMIM and thus refereed as Salar E Millat (The Commander of the Community) or simply Salar. In 1960, during Salahuddin leadership AIMIM made full fledged entry in politics by capturing the Mallepally seat of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation by defeating M. M. Hashim of Indian National Congress. In 1962, Salahuddin began his innings in the AP legislature by capturing the Patharghatti seat. that time, he contested as an Independent candidate and defeated Indian National Congress candidate Masooma Begum, by a huge margin. When elections were held after formation of the Charminar constituency in 1967, Salahuddin defeated the Jan Sangh candidate, C.L. Megh Raj. In 1972, he shifted to Yakutpura constituency. Later in the next election of 1978, he again contested from Charminar and won against Abdul Husain of Janata Party.
AIMIM was successful in safeguarding there constituencies even when the Telugu Desam stormed to power in 1983. In 1984 AIMIM sent its candidate Salahuddin to parliament and he represented Hyderabad till 2004, Since then Salahuddin's elder son Asaduddin Owaisi represents the Parliament seat of Hyderabad.
In 2007, elected and serving members of the party made death threats against Tasleema Nasreen, pledging that the fatwa against her and Salman Rushdie were to be abided by. They also crashed a While she was in Hyderabad releasing Telugu translations of her work, she was attacked by party members, 3 of whom were then charged and arrested.
When Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi died on 29 September 2008, His eldest son Barrister Asaduddin Owaisi is elected as the president of AIMIM since then he is leading the party centrally.
Mohammad Majid Hussain of the AIMIM was unanimously elected as the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad on January 2, 2012.
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