Asaduddin Owaisi Family

Asaduddin Owaisi was born on 13 May 1969 to Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi and Najmunnisa Begum. He comes from a political family of Hyderabad.

His grandfather Abdul Wahed Owaisi relaunched the political party Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen as All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 18 September 1957.

He also succeeded Qasim Razvi as the party president after police released him from prison. Soon people elected his father Sultan Salahuddin to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1962.

Later people elected his father to the Indian Parliament from the Hyderabad constituency for the first time in 1984 and continued winning the elections till 2004, when he stepped down in favour of Asaduddin.

He died in 2008. His brother Akbaruddin Owaisi is a Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly and heads the party in it. His youngest brother Burhanuddin Owaisi is the editor of Etemaad.

Asaduddin Owaisi Education

He did his graduation in Bachelor of Arts from Osmania University. He is a barrister by profession and studied at Lincoln’s Inn of London.

Asaduddin Owaisi Wife

He married to Farheen Owaisi on 11 Dec 1996.

Asaduddin Owaisi Daughters

The couple has six children which includes one son, Sultan uddin Owaisi (born 2010) and five daughters. His mother is Nazima Begum.

His eldest daughter Qudsia Owaisi was engaged to Barkat Alam Khan ,grandson of Nawab Shah Alam Khan (paternal) and Dr. Moinuddin Khan Sandozai ( maternal side) on 24 March 2018.

One of his daughters is engaged to the son of physician Dr Mazhar Ali Khan, cousin of Zahid Ali Khan, editor of The Siasat Daily.

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Asaduddin Owaisi Party

Owaisi belongs to the Hyderabad-based All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party, of which his father and grandfather have been presidents.

Owaisi supports reservation for backward Muslims in government jobs and education institutes. He also maintains stand that he is against Hindutva ideology but not against Hindus.

Later Asaduddin Owaisi argues for the abolition of the Haj subsidy given to the Indian Muslims for traveling to Mecca on religious pilgrimage and utilizing the money for the education of Muslim women instead

Asaduddin Owaisi Biography

Owaisi made his political debut in 1994 in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Contesting from the Charminar constituency which his party has been winning since 1967, he defeated his nearest rival by a margin of 40 thousand votes.

Soon he succeeded Virasat Rasool Khan as the elected representative from the constituency. In the 1999 election, he defeated his nearest rival Telegu Desam Party candidate Syed Shah Noorul Haq Quadri by 93 thousand votes.

Later Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri succeeded him as the member of the Assembly from the constituency in 2004 election.

In 2004, Owaisi’s father Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi who had been representing the Hyderabad constituency in the Lok Sabha(lower house of Indian parliament) refused to contest further citing poor health.

The constituency has 70% Muslim population. He was polled 38% votes compared to his nearest rival Subhas Chanderji’s 28%.

Later Owaisi has been in controversies and news due to his politics primarily centered around minorities like Muslims and Dalits.

Owaisi, along with his younger brother Akbaruddin was booked for charges related to manhandling the Medak district collector in 2005.

On 20 January 2013, court remanded him to judicial custody for 14 days, and later shifted to Sangareddy jail.

Later the case related to an MIM protest against the demolition of a mosque for a road-widening project in Medak district, on 16 April 2005 where police booked him under various charges including criminal intimidation, rioting and promoting enmity between religious groups.

In 2009, police registered a case against Owaisi on the order of Election Commission of India for chasing and beating up Syed Saleemuddin, a polling agent of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Moghalpura area