President Poll: Asaduddin Owaisi Meets Jagan in Jail
posted on Jun 20, 2012 @ 12:13PM
In a significant development, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president and Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi called on YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in Chanchalguda Central Jail here.
Owaisi told reporters after the meeting that he requested Jagan, as the YSR Congress leader is popularly called, to support United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the presidential elections.
"I requested him that his party should not ally with the NDA as they have communal ideology. He has told me that he will keep this in mind," said the Hyderabad MP.
Jagan, who is in jail in illegal assets case, is an MP from Kadapa. His party has two MPs while a Congress MP is also loyal to him.
The MIM was very close to Jagan's father and then chief minister Y. S.Rajasekhara Reddy, who introduced and implemented four percent reservation to Muslims in jobs and education and also provided scholarships to students from the minority community.