Jagriti Rai (intern journalist) Asaduddin Owaisi dares PM Modi to campaign in Hyderabad. AIMIM leader and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi dared PM to campaign in the old city of Hyderabad for the upcoming elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
“You (BJP) bring Narendra Modi to the old city of Hyderabad and campaign here. We will see what happens, bring the PM himself, why are you bringing others” Said Asaduddin Owaisi.
“Bring him (PM Modi) to organize his meeting here and we will see how many seats you will win,” said Asaduddin Owaisi.
Hyderabad is considered a bastion of the Owaisi family. Asaduddin Owaisi is representing Hyderabad in Lok Sabha since 2004. Between 1984 to 2004, his father Salahuddin Owaisi won every general election from the seat.
Senior BJP leaders are campaigning in Hyderabad for the upcoming polls. Those who have visited the city include Bangalore South MP Tejaswi Surya, Union minister Prakash Javadekar, and Smriti Irani. The BJP has released the campaign’s list which includes Union home minister Amit Shah, Party’s National president JP Nadda, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditya Nath and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will be held on December 1. The counting of votes for the poll would be taken up on December 4. There are 150 wards in all in the corporation, and the mayor’s post is reserved for a woman this time.
In the 2016 elections, Owaisi’s AIMIM had won 44 seats. The TRD had picked 99 seats while the BJP secured just 4 Seats. The TDP and Congress won two seats each.
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