ALL INDIA MAJLIS-E-ITTEHADUL MUSLIMEEN (AIMIM) has its roots in the efforts of the Muslims of Deccan, in the late 1920s, who had come together to unite the community on a common platform. Their objective was to promote the socio-economic and educational development of Muslims. The organization, initially known as Ittehad Bainal Muslimeen, was founded at a meeting of prominent Muslims, including Ulema-e-Mashaeqeen, hosted by Nawab Mahmood Khan Qiledar on 12th November 1927 at Hyderabad

In 1938, Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung was elected as president of MIM, which had the objective of working for protection of the socio-cultural and religious ethos of Muslim community. He emerged as the tallest leader of the community and was conferred the title of Qaid-e-Millat. His dedication, sincerity and oratorial and leadership skills made the MIM reach new heights within a short time.

He served the MIM till his untimely demise in 1944. After the turbulent days of Military Acton, euphemistically known as Police Action, that hastened the accession of erstwhile Hyderabad State (Nizam’s Dominions) to the Indian Union on 17th September 1948, the MIM ceased to exist. There was widespread sense of fear and despair among Muslims who had witnessed the massacres and lootings in the wake of Police Action.

Pandit Sundarlal Committee, appointed by then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, documented the atrocities (killings, rapes, arson and looting) unleashed on the Muslims of erstwhile Nizam State during and after the Police Action. In the decade that followed, the Hyderabad State (which was one of the largest States of the Indian Union) was trifurcated on linguistic basis, on 1st November 1956, with Telugu-speaking areas (Telangana) merged with Andhra State to form Andhra Pradesh, Marathi-speaking areas (Marathwada) tagged on to then Bombay State and Kannada-speaking areas (Hyderabad-Karnatak) added to then Mysore State.

AIMIM is a political party dedicated to protect and promote the rights of Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, Other Backward Classes, Other Minorities and all other underprivileged communities in India. It bears true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India. The party strongly believes in the nation’s secular democracy and strives to protect and enhance its quality by effective representation from local municipal councils to the Parliament.

AIMIM is a political party dedicated to protect and promote the rights of Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, Other Backward Classes, Other Minorities and all other underprivileged communities in India. It bears true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India. The party strongly believes in the nation’s secular democracy and strives to protect and enhance its quality by effective representation from local municipal councils to the Parliament.

BARRISTER ASADUDDIN OWAISI is an eminent parliamentarian of India and president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.

Born on 13th May 1969, Asaduddin Owaisi is a lawyer and Bar-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Charminar Constituency in Hyderabad in 1994 and re-elected in 1999.

He was elected to the Indian Parliament (House of the People–Lok Sabha) in 2004 and re-elected in 2009 and 2014. He was elected as president of AIMIM after the demise of his father and eminent Muslim leader Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, a six-term MP and five-term legislator, in 2008.

Under Asaduddin Owaisi’s stewardship, the party won 7 Legislative Assembly seats each in 2009 and 2014 and two Legislative Council seats in 2011 in Andhra Pradesh (now Telangana State). The AIMIM also had its Mayor in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for three years (2012-2014). The AIMIM won two Legislative Assembly seats in Maharashtra in 2014.

Asaduddin Owaisi is the Chairman of Dar-us-Salam Educational Trust (DET), founded by late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, under the aegis of AIMIM. The DET runs a string of (minority) professional colleges in engineering, architecture, management, computer applications, medicine, pharmacy etc, for Muslim boys and girls. About 525 engineering graduates and 150 medical graduates pass out of the Deccan group of institutions every year. Thousands of out-patients, besides 2,500 in-patients, are treated at the Owaisi Hospital and Princess Esra Hospital run by DET. The DET also offers cash awards and books/schoolbags to thousands of Urdu medium students by spending Rupees 50 lakhs annually.

Apart from DET, the AIMIM has set up a cooperative bank for the minorities. Asaduddin Owaisi oversees the functioning of Darussalam Cooperative Urban Bank (DCUB), founded in September 1987 by late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, to improve the economic condition of underprivileged sections in general and Muslim community in particular. The total deposits of DCUB have reached Rs 350 crores. The total loans and advances crossed Rs 250 crores. The total number of customers is 1.3 lakhs.

An outspoken parliamentarian, Asaduddin Owaisi has been instrumental in persuading the Indian Government to establish an exclusive Ministry of Minority Affairs to look after the welfare of religious minorities, including Muslims, in India. The Indian Government was persuaded to raise the budgetary allocations from a mere Rupees 17 crores in 2003-04 to as high as Rupees 3,711 crores in 2014-15 for minority welfare. Asaduddin Owaisi was given the 2014 Sansad Ratna Award for his distinguished performance in the 15th Lok Sabha.

Asaduddin Owaisi worked for securing four percent reservations for Socially and Educationally Backward Muslims in Andhra Pradesh in 2004. These reservations in public employment and educational institutions have benefited thousands of Muslim boys and girls in the last one decade. On persistent demand of AIMIM, the State budget for minority welfare has been raised from Rupees 45 crores in 2003-04 to Rupees 1,033 crores in 2014-15.

AIMIM, under Asaduddin Owaisi’s leadership, organized relief for the 400,000 Muslims affected by communal riots in Assam and also for the people affected by landslides in Uttarakhand by spending Rupees 50 lakhs and Rupees 75 lakhs respectively.

AIMIM Bangalore explores Dalit to contest BBMP Polls

Party chief Owaisi says will win some andBsurprise many political veterans. Owaisi said AIMIM is open to tie-up with local Dalit outfits. Buoyed by its “spectacular performance” in recently held civic polls in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, Bihar Assembly elections 2020 by Hyderabad-based All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has now set its eyes on upcoming BBMP elections in ‪Bangalore, Karnataka. The outfit is also exploring options for tie-up with local Dalit outfits in the state.

We will surely contest the BBMP, Assembly, Member of Parliament Elections in Karnataka. It will be our first foray in state’s electoral politics and we expect good response from public. It will give us a platform to convey our issues to the masses. It may sound disturbing to several parties in Karnataka, but in a democratic country you cannot stop anyone from contesting polls,” Asaduddin Owaisi‬, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP told The Indian Express