Former PCC Chief D Srinivas Files MLC Nomination

Former PCC president D Srinivas, whose candidature as MLC was okayed by the Congress high command on Sunday night yesterday, has filed his nomination papers today. All the stalwarts of the party including the Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy and the PCC chief Botsa accompanied D Srinivas for filing of the nomination.

Talking to the media at Congress Legislature Party Office after Mr Srinivas filed nomination papers for the council seat, PCC incumbent president Botsa Satyanarayana said there was no link between nominating former PCC Chief D Srinivas (DS) for the Legislative Council Seat and the Telangana issue. He said the party recommended Mr Srinivas' name considering his vast experience as he was twice PCC chief. Denying the reports the selection of Mr Srinivas for Legislative Council seat was done directly by the Party High Command, he said the choice (of Mr Srinivas) was made in the State after consulting Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and party senior leaders. There is no link between the Telangana and DS selection for seat, he clarified and said the selection had been done without regard to religion, caste and region.

Meanwhile the party’s leaders from Telangana felt it was the move in the direction of liberation of the separate state hood. They welcomed the move and felt that this would aid their movement largely. They also felt that it was the recognition given to DS for single handedly leading the party towards victory in the past. Among the people who appreciated the decision were the party’s MP Madhu Yashki, Minister Basavaraju Parayya and MLA G Venkataramana Reddy.
 

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.