No alliance with TRS now: Asaduddin Owaisi

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi clarified that the party does not have any alliance with TRS in the upcoming GHMC elections, and took a dig at the latter by saying that TRS, BJP and Congress are only active during elections. 

The Hyderabad MP who was addressing mediapersons while holding a foot rally at Erragadda said AIMIM had worked round the clock for 12 months, and the same would reflect in the results. Owaisi said the party would contest in 52-55 seats in the polls. 

“We have no alliance with the TRS for this elections. In fact, the TRS too is contesting in many seats from where we are contesting. There will definitely be a battle with the TRS,” Owaisi said. He also hit back at State Power Minister G Jagadish Reddy for his comments criticising AIMIM. 

Speaking on the BJP’s national leaders campaigning for GHMC polls, Owaisi said



the national party’s “communalism won’t work in Hyderabad.” He said, “If you wake up a BJP leader at night and ask them to say anyone’s name, they will say Owaisi, followed by traitor, terrorism and Pakistan. 

BJP should say what financial help they have provided to Telangana, especially Hyderabad, after 2019.”  He added, “Hyderabad was hit by a flood. What financial help did the Modi government provide Hyderabad? They are trying to give this election a communal colour because they provided no help on time. This will not work here. People know that.” 

Meanwhile, he criticised the move to introduce anti-Love Jihad laws in some States, saying, “It will be a gross violation of Articles 14 and 21. (They should) Scrap Special Marriage Act then. Such propagation of hatred won’t work.”