TDP Bypolls Campaign in Adilabad Turns Bloody

Telugu Desam Party senior leader and former minister Devender Goud's visit to Adilabad on Tuesday to campaign for party candidate Payal Shanker turned into a bloody affair. Tension prevailed in Ramnagar Colony in Adilabad town when some Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) and TDP activists had a verbal duel and even slashed their wrists with blades during electioneering. All of them were arrested and rushed to hospital for treatment.

The incident happened when Devender Goud along with some party activists reached Adilabad around 12 noon and started campaigning in the coloney. Some youths of the colony and TRS activists obstructed the TDP rally and said that they would not allow the TD cadre to proceed without making clear their stand on Telangana. When the TDP activists surged ahead without paying any attention, the pink party activists cut their wrists with blades. In response, a couple of TDP activists too slashed their wrists with blades showing their determination to go ahead with the campaign.

Sensing that the situation was spiraling out of control, police swung into action and arrested the activists of both parties and shifted them to police station. The injured were shifted to Adilabad Hospital. Speaking to media, Goud said Telangana can be achieved only through agitations but not through bypolls.
 

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.