Gulam Nabi Azad Facing Tesing Time in State

AICC incharge of state affairs Mr. Gulam Nabi Azad, who has come to take stock of the situation in the state after YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's landslide win in the Kadapa bypolls, is facing a tough time with number of complaints pouring in against CM Kiran Kumar Reddy's style of functioning, besides the simmering Telangana issue and more number of party MLAs starting to openly align with Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Among the ministers, MPs, MLAs and MLCs who flocked to the Lake View Guest House to meet Azad included Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy, G Kutuhalamma, Pidamarthi Ravi (all MLAs from CM's Chittoor district), J C Diwakar Reddy (Tadipatri MLA), Katasani Rambhupal Reddy (Panyam MLA), ministers D L Ravindra Reddy , Sabita Indra Reddy, J Geeta Reddy and Vatti Vasant Kumar, former council chairman A Chakrapani, MPs Kavuri Sambasiva Rao, J D Seelam, Mohammad Farooq and Sirajuddin, and Mahila Congress president G Ganga Bhavani.

Azad, accompanied by his deputy and AICC secretary K B Krishna Murthy, preferred one-on-one interaction as opposed to group meetings. Interestingly, Azad preferred that PCC chief D Srinivas sit out of the meeting with the office-bearers as he wanted them to air their views and concerns freely. The anti-Kiran campaign happened even before the CM could host a dinner for Azad at his Camp Office yesterday. For Azad too, his maiden visit to the state as AP in-charge began on a sour note with at least 13 Congress MLAs openly aligning with Y S Jaganmohan Reddy during his 48-hour hunger strike for farmers at Guntur.
 

 

Modi Is Not Our PM: Owaisi

MIM is a recognized state political party based in the Indian state of Telangana, with its head office in the old city of Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founded in 1927. Unlike most of the regional and national level parties, MIM party leaders ‘fight’ only for the well-being of Muslims, whereas no other party has such communal feelings. In their each and every speech, MIM leaders speak only about Muslims. If these leaders are here to fight for Muslims, then why there are no development works are happening in old city area for decades. Akbaruddin Owaisi faced criticism for making hate remarks on Narendra Modi and Hindus. Recently, his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi made some notorious annotations. In a one-on-one debate between BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi on the topic of demonetization in a popular Hindi channel, the former left no stone unturned in exposing the latter’s communal designs. Owaisi claimed how most of the Muslim community still remains unbanked and that demonetization has caused severe inconvenience to Muslims. He even went on to say that ATM’s in Muslim-dominated areas weren’t fed enough money. He indirectly alleged that the Modi government hadn’t done anything for Muslims. Even after being pressurized Owaisi didn’t call Narendra Modi as his Prime Minister. He went on said, “Your Prime Minister…” On the other hand, Sambit spoke wisely and called Owaisi a leader of small stature because he talked only of Muslims. He said that no area was Muslim or Hindu and that all areas belonged to India. Owaisi was constantly quoting an RBI report, to which Sambit challenged him to show where the RBI had used the word ‘Muslim’. Sambit even said that if a Muslim leader speaks of Muslims it’s not an issue, but the moment a VHP leader speaks of Hindus people go crazy accusing them of imposing the Hindutva ideology. The most amazing of his counters was to Owaisi’s claims of Muslims not having been brought into the banking system. Sambit said that when banks or ATMs are to be opened in Muslim areas leaders like Owaisi shout that banking is un-Islamic and that Muslims should refrain from it! This video of debate between Sambit Patra and Asaduddin Owaisi is going viral in social media.