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|party_name      = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|party_name      = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
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|founder          = [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]]
|founder          = [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]]
|eci              =  [[Telangana]] (State party)
|eci              =  [[Telangana]] (State party)
[[Maharashtra]] (State party)
[[Bihar]] (State party) <ref name="aimimstatus"/>
[[Bihar]] (State party) <ref name="aimimstatus"/>
|alliance        = [[United Progressive Alliance]] {{small|(2008-2012)}}<br> [[Grand Democratic Secular Front]] {{small|(2020-)}}
|alliance        = [[United Progressive Alliance]] {{small|(2008-2012)}}<br> [[Grand Democratic Secular Front]] {{small|(2020-)}}
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|publication      = [[Indian Etemaad|Etemaad Daily]] ([[Urdu]])
|publication      = [[Indian Etemaad|Etemaad Daily]] ([[Urdu]])
|membership      =
|membership      =
|ideology        = [[Democracy]]
|ideology        = [[Islamic democracy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen|date=30 March 2019|work=Election MS|url=https://www.electionms.com/party/all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen/}}</ref>
|colours          = [[Green (color)|Green]] {{Colorsample|Green}}
|colours          = [[Green (color)|Green]] {{Colorsample|Green}}
|headquarters    = Darussalam, [[Aghapura]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].
|headquarters    = Darussalam, [[Aghapura]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].
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The '''All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen''' ({{Literal translation|All India Council for Unity of Muslims}}, '''AIMIM''') is an Indian regional [[political party]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=How AIMIM Has Emerged As the Principal Challenger of the BJP, Not 'Secular' Parties|url=https://thewire.in/politics/aimim-asaduddin-owaisi-hindutva-bjp-challenge-secular|access-date=2020-12-18|website=The Wire}}</ref> claiming to promote the social , economical , educational development and effective representation of muslims, other minorities and all other underprivileged communities in India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.aimim.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=AIMIM|language=en-US}}</ref> based in the Indian state of [[Telangana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/telangana-assembly-elections/telangana-several-plots-subplots-for-muslim-votes-in-hyderabad-beyond/articleshow/66947242.cms|title=Telangana: Several Plots, subplots for muslim votes in Hyderabad & beyond|first=C. L.|last=Manoj|date=5 December 2018|via=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-assembly-elections-2018-mim-eyes-clean-sweep-muscles-into-8th-fort/articleshow/66902533.cms|title=Telangana assembly elections 2018: MIM eyes clean sweep, muscles into 8th fort &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> with its head office in the Aghapura, [[Hyderabad]], which has its roots in the '''Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsec.gov.in/POLITICALPARTIES/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf|title=Election Commission of AP: List of Political parties}}</ref><ref name="hidden">{{cite news |author=Ajaz Ashraf |title=Hidden history of the Owaisis: What MIM doesn't want you to know |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hidden-history-of-the-owaisis-what-mim-doesnt-want-you-to-know-1817267.html |newspaper=Firstpost |date=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/javed-akhtar-vs-asaduddin-owaisi-they-represent-very-different-cultural-spaces-of-the-indian-muslim/articleshow/51475465.cms|title=Javed Akhtar vs Asaduddin Owaisi: They represent very different cultural spaces of the Indian Muslim|date=20 March 2016|via=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/805382/why-are-you-bracketing-me-as-a-muslim-asaduddin-owaisi-on-why-he-wont-say-bharat-mata-ki-jai|title='Why are you bracketing me as a Muslim?: Asaduddin Owaisi on why he won't say 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'|first=Shoaib|last=Daniyal}}</ref>
The '''All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen''' ({{Literal translation|All India Council for Unity of Muslims}}, '''AIMIM''') is an Indian regional [[political party]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=How AIMIM Has Emerged As the Principal Challenger of the BJP, Not 'Secular' Parties|url=https://thewire.in/politics/aimim-asaduddin-owaisi-hindutva-bjp-challenge-secular|access-date=2020-12-18|website=The Wire}}</ref> claiming to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of Muslims, Dalits, other minorities and underprivileged communities in India,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.aimim.org/about-us/|access-date=2021-03-02|website=AIMIM|language=en-US}}</ref> based in the Indian state of [[Telangana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/telangana-assembly-elections/telangana-several-plots-subplots-for-muslim-votes-in-hyderabad-beyond/articleshow/66947242.cms|title=Telangana: Several Plots, subplots for muslim votes in Hyderabad & beyond|first=C. L.|last=Manoj|date=5 December 2018|via=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/telangana-assembly-elections-2018-mim-eyes-clean-sweep-muscles-into-8th-fort/articleshow/66902533.cms|title=Telangana assembly elections 2018: MIM eyes clean sweep, muscles into 8th fort &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> with its head office in the Aghapura, [[Hyderabad]], which has its roots in the '''Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apsec.gov.in/POLITICALPARTIES/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf|title=Election Commission of AP: List of Political parties}}</ref><ref name="hidden">{{cite news |author=Ajaz Ashraf |title=Hidden history of the Owaisis: What MIM doesn't want you to know |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hidden-history-of-the-owaisis-what-mim-doesnt-want-you-to-know-1817267.html |newspaper=Firstpost |date=24 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/javed-akhtar-vs-asaduddin-owaisi-they-represent-very-different-cultural-spaces-of-the-indian-muslim/articleshow/51475465.cms|title=Javed Akhtar vs Asaduddin Owaisi: They represent very different cultural spaces of the Indian Muslim|date=20 March 2016|via=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/805382/why-are-you-bracketing-me-as-a-muslim-asaduddin-owaisi-on-why-he-wont-say-bharat-mata-ki-jai|title='Why are you bracketing me as a Muslim?: Asaduddin Owaisi on why he won't say 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'|first=Shoaib|last=Daniyal}}</ref>


AIMIM has held the [[Lok Sabha]] seat for the [[Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hyderabad constituency]] since 1984. In the [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]s, the AIMIM won seven seats and received recognition as a 'state party' by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref name="aimimstatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/mim-gets-state-party-recognition/article6146744.ece|title=MIM gets State party recognition|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aimim.in/election-commission-of-india-has-recognized-the-all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-as-a-state-party-for-the-state-of-telengana/|title=Election Commission of India has recognized the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul muslimeen as a state party for the state of Telengana..!!!|work=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629140822/http://www.aimim.in/election-commission-of-india-has-recognized-the-all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-as-a-state-party-for-the-state-of-telengana/|archive-date=29 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
AIMIM has held the [[Lok Sabha]] seat for the [[Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hyderabad constituency]] since 1984. In the [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]s, the AIMIM won seven seats and received recognition as a 'state party' by the [[Election Commission of India]].<ref name="aimimstatus">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/mim-gets-state-party-recognition/article6146744.ece|title=MIM gets State party recognition|author=Special Correspondent|work=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aimim.in/election-commission-of-india-has-recognized-the-all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-as-a-state-party-for-the-state-of-telengana/|title=Election Commission of India has recognized the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul muslimeen as a state party for the state of Telengana..!!!|work=All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|access-date=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629140822/http://www.aimim.in/election-commission-of-india-has-recognized-the-all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-as-a-state-party-for-the-state-of-telengana/|archive-date=29 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The AIMIM was initially a city-based party, with influence only in [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|Hyderabad]], but the party won two seats in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election and one seat in the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Maharashtra Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/MIM-must-grow-beyond-Owaisis/articleshow/48737236.cms|title=MIM must grow beyond Owaisis &#124; India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Outsider' MIM makes maiden entry into Maharashtra Assembly, MNS bubble bursts |newspaper=The Indian Express|date=20 October 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/outsider-mim-makes-maiden-entry-into-maharashtra-assembly-mns-bubble-bursts/|access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> and emerged as the second largest party in the [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] municipal elections.<ref name=Aurangabad>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Aurangabad-civic-polls-MIM-wins-26-seats-stuns-parties/articleshow/47034011.cms Aurangabad civic polls: MIM wins 26 seats, stuns parties], ''The Times of India'', 24 April 2015.</ref> The party president and member of parliament [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] received the [[Sansad Ratna Award]] for 2014. The party has long been seen as a political representation of Muslims in the state of [[Telangana]] now nationwide.<ref name=hidden/><ref name="JaffrelotGayer2013">{{citation|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|last2=Gayer|first2=Laurent|title=Muslims in Indian Cities : Trajectories of Marginalisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixrT-ldIWZMC&pg=PT143|date=1 December 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-555-7|pages=143–}}</ref> On 10 January 2020, party president [[Asaduddin Owaisi|Asad Uddin Owaisi]] led a protest against [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]], [[National Register of Citizens|NRC]], NPR at Shastripuram grounds in Hyderabad after Friday prayers. This rally named Tiranga Rally is organised by the [[United Muslim Action Committee]], an umbrella group of religious and social scholars and several small welfare organisations of [[India]]. The protesters demanded the immediate revocation of [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]].
The AIMIM was initially a city-based party, with influence only in [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|Hyderabad]], but the party won two seats in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election and one seat in the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 Maharashtra Lok Sabha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/MIM-must-grow-beyond-Owaisis/articleshow/48737236.cms|title=MIM must grow beyond Owaisis &#124; India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Outsider' MIM makes maiden entry into Maharashtra Assembly, MNS bubble bursts |newspaper=The Indian Express|date=20 October 2014 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/outsider-mim-makes-maiden-entry-into-maharashtra-assembly-mns-bubble-bursts/|access-date=20 October 2014}}</ref> and emerged as the second largest party in the [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]] municipal elections.<ref name=Aurangabad>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Aurangabad-civic-polls-MIM-wins-26-seats-stuns-parties/articleshow/47034011.cms Aurangabad civic polls: MIM wins 32 seats, stuns parties], ''The Times of India'', 24 April 2015.</ref> The party president and member of parliament [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] received the [[Sansad Ratna Award]] for 2014. The party has long been seen as a political representation of Muslims in the state of [[Telangana]] now nationwide.<ref name=hidden/><ref name="JaffrelotGayer2013">{{citation|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|last2=Gayer|first2=Laurent|title=Muslims in Indian Cities : Trajectories of Marginalisation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ixrT-ldIWZMC&pg=PT143|date=1 December 2013|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-555-7|pages=143–}}</ref> On 10 January 2020, party president [[Asaduddin Owaisi|Asad Uddin Owaisi]] led a protest against [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]], [[National Register of Citizens|NRC]], NPR at Shastripuram grounds in Hyderabad after Friday prayers. This rally named Tiranga Rally is organised by the ''United Muslim Action Committee'', an umbrella group of religious and social scholars and several small welfare organisations of [[India]]. The protesters demanded the immediate revocation of [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]].


AIMIM won 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominant [[Seemanchal]] region in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar assembly Election 2020]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Aimim win 5 seats in Bihar polls|work=Times now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/bihar/article/aimim-bags-5-seats-in-bihar-the-rise-and-rise-of-asaduddin-owaisi/680541|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> AIMIM win 7 seats in Ahmedabad and debunt in Gujarat politics during February 2021 Gujarat local corporation [https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/aimim-wins-7seats-in-debut-poll-bjp-retains-ahmedabad-7201886/ election] Aimim became main opposition party  in modasa nagarpalika by winning 9 seats and also win 1and 7 seats respectively in bharuch and godhra nagarpalika with opposition during Gujarat local body  election.<ref>{{cite web|date=|url=https://www.aajtak.in/amp/india/gujarat/story/gujarat-result-live-gairasaomanaatha-maen-1-vaota-sae-jaitae-bjp-umamaidavaara-46-saitaon-para-aap-kai-jaita-1215518-2021-03-02|url-status=live|work=Aaj tak}}</ref>
AIMIM won 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominated [[Seemanchal]] region in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar assembly Election 2020]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Aimim win 10 seats in Bihar polls|work=Times now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/bihar/article/aimim-bags-5-seats-in-bihar-the-rise-and-rise-of-asaduddin-owaisi/680541|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Before leaving, [[Qasim Rizvi]] handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the Ittehadul Muslimeen, to Abdul Wahid Owaisi, a lawyer. Owaisi organised it into the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-24/hyderabad/31233687_1_muslimeen-mim-sultan-salahuddin-owaisi |title=MIM, the game changer in 2014 elections? |work=The Times of India |date= 24 March 2012|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/majlis-sounds-election-bugle/article4469722.ece |title=Majlis sounds election bugle |work=The Hindu |date=2 March 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> After Abdul Wahed Owaisi, his son [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]] took control of AIMIM in 1975 and was referred to as ''Salar E Millat'' (commander of the community).<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-16/hyderabad/28346106_1_sultan-salahuddin-owaisi-mim-audio-cassette Songs in praise of Owaisi herald MIM's campaign – ''The Times of India'']. (16 February 2004). Retrieved 2012-05-05.</ref><ref name="indianmuslims.info">[http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2008/sep/29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html MIM president  Salahuddin Owaisi passes away | Indian Muslims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205927/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2008/sep/29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html |date=21 July 2011 }}. Indianmuslims.info. Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/columnists/there-alternative-014|title=What is the Muslim alternative being offered by Owaisi's MIM?}}</ref>
Before leaving, [[Qasim Rizvi]] handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the Ittehadul Muslimeen, to Abdul Wahid Owaisi, a lawyer. Owaisi organised it into the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-24/hyderabad/31233687_1_muslimeen-mim-sultan-salahuddin-owaisi |title=MIM, the game changer in 2014 elections? |work=The Times of India |date= 24 March 2012|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/majlis-sounds-election-bugle/article4469722.ece |title=Majlis sounds election bugle |work=The Hindu |date=2 March 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014 |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> After Abdul Wahed Owaisi, his son [[Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi]] took control of AIMIM in 1975 and was referred to as ''Salar E Millat'' (commander of the community).<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-02-16/hyderabad/28346106_1_sultan-salahuddin-owaisi-mim-audio-cassette Songs in praise of Owaisi herald MIM's campaign – ''The Times of India'']. (16 February 2004). Retrieved 2012-05-05.</ref><ref name="indianmuslims.info">[http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2008/sep/29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html MIM president  Salahuddin Owaisi passes away | Indian Muslims] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205927/http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2008/sep/29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html |date=21 July 2011 }}. Indianmuslims.info. Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/columnists/there-alternative-014|title=What is the Muslim alternative being offered by Owaisi's MIM?}}</ref>
==Programme==
==Programme==
AIMIM says it defends the rights of "Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, Other Backward Classes, Other Minorities and all other underprivileged communities." It states allegiance to the [[Constitution of India]] and its [[secular]] [[democracy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aimim.org/about-us/ |title=About Us - Our Vision |publisher=AIMIM |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
AIMIM says it defends the rights of "Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, Other Backward Classes, Other Minorities and all other underprivileged communities." It states allegiance to the [[Constitution of India]] and its [[secular]] [[democracy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aimim.org/about-us/ |title=About Us - Our Vision |publisher=AIMIM |access-date=12 December 2020}}</ref>
==Leadership==
==Leadership==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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| Karnataka President || Usman Ghani Humnabad<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/QYQ2ioMh9XBklfMOtR04ZO/Karnataka-polls-Asaduddin-Owaisis-AIMIM-to-back-Janata-Dal.html|title=Karnataka polls: Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM to back Janata Dal (Secular)|first=Sharan|last=Poovanna|date=16 April 2018|website=Livemint}}</ref>
| Karnataka President || Usman Ghani Humnabad<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/QYQ2ioMh9XBklfMOtR04ZO/Karnataka-polls-Asaduddin-Owaisis-AIMIM-to-back-Janata-Dal.html|title=Karnataka polls: Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM to back Janata Dal (Secular)|first=Sharan|last=Poovanna|date=16 April 2018|website=Livemint}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Tamil Nadu President || T. S. Vakeel Ahmed
| Tamil Nadu President ||Abdul Rahim Khan
|-
|-
| Gujarat President || Sabirbhai Kabuliwala<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/asadowaisi/status/1351555807813386240?s=20 |publisher=Twitter}}</ref>
| Gujarat President || Sabirbhai Kabuliwala<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/asadowaisi/status/1351555807813386240?s=20 |publisher=Twitter}}</ref>
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| Maharashtra President || [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]]
| Maharashtra President || [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]]
|-
|-
| West Bengal President || https://twitter.com/aimim_national/status/1367472305375383559?s=20
| West Bengal President || <ref>https://twitter.com/aimim_national/status/1367472305375383559?s=20</ref>
|-
|-
| Jharkhand President || Hubban Malick<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/asaduddin-owaisi-announces-his-party-aimim-will-contest-assembly-polls-in-jharkhand/story-Nf2ZTLVcki0VN7hm9NuI8L.html|title=Asaduddin Owaisi announces his party AIMIM will contest assembly polls in Jharkhand|date=25 September 2019|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
| Jharkhand President || Hubban Malick<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/assembly-elections/asaduddin-owaisi-announces-his-party-aimim-will-contest-assembly-polls-in-jharkhand/story-Nf2ZTLVcki0VN7hm9NuI8L.html|title=Asaduddin Owaisi announces his party AIMIM will contest assembly polls in Jharkhand|date=25 September 2019|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
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| Bihar President || [[Akhtarul Iman]]
| Bihar President || [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|-  
|-  
| Delhi President || Kalimul hafiz
|-
| Uttar Pradesh President || Shaukat Ali
| Uttar Pradesh President || Shaukat Ali
|-
|-
| Uttrakhand President || Dr. Nayyer Kazmi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rajyasameeksha.com/uttarakhand/9864-aimim-active-in-uttarakhand-nayyar-kazmi-becomes-state-president.html|title=अब उत्तराखंड पर असदुद्दीन ओवैसी की नज़र, 2022 के लिए एक्टिव हुई AIMIM|date=1 February 2020|website=rajyasameeksha}}</ref>
| Uttrakhand President || Nayyer Kazmi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rajyasameeksha.com/uttarakhand/9864-aimim-active-in-uttarakhand-nayyar-kazmi-becomes-state-president.html|title=अब उत्तराखंड पर असदुद्दीन ओवैसी की नज़र, 2022 के लिए एक्टिव हुई AIMIM|date=1 February 2020|website=rajyasameeksha}}</ref>
|}
|}
==In Indian politics==
==In Indian politics==
[[File:Abdul Wahid Owaisi.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Abdul Wahid Owaisi - Revived AIMIM in 1958]]
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AIMIM win 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominant [[seemanchal]] region [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar assembly election 2020]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Aimim win 5 seats in Bihar polls|work=Times now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/bihar/article/aimim-bags-5-seats-in-bihar-the-rise-and-rise-of-asaduddin-owaisi/680541|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>
AIMIM win 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominant [[seemanchal]] region [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar assembly election 2020]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=|title=Aimim win 5 seats in Bihar polls|work=Times now|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/bihar/article/aimim-bags-5-seats-in-bihar-the-rise-and-rise-of-asaduddin-owaisi/680541|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref>
AIMIM won 17 seats in Ahmedabad and Debunt in Gujarat politics during February 2021 Gujarat local corporation election Aimim became main opposition party in Modasa Nagarpalika by winning 9 seats and also win 7 and 20 seats respectively in Bharuch and Godhra Nagarpalika with kicking BJP out  in Godhra with support of independents during Gujarat local body  election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gujarat Result: स्थानीय निकाय चुनाव में BJP की बड़ी जीत, गोधरा में ओवैसी की पार्टी का चला सिक्का|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/gujarat/story/gujarat-result-live-gairasaomanaatha-maen-1-vaota-sae-jaitae-bjp-umamaidavaara-46-saitaon-para-aap-kai-jaita-1215518-2021-03-02|access-date=2021-03-20|website=आज तक|language=hi}}</ref>
=== Electoral performance ===
==== General elections ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" |[[Lok Sabha]]
|-
! Election year
! Overall votes
! % of<br />overall vote
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! +/– in seats
|- align="center"
![[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|
| 0.21%
|
| 1
| 1 {{increase}}
|- align="center"
![[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|
| 0.16%
|
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| 340,070
| 0.1%
|
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|
| 0.13%
|
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| 448,165
| 0.12%
|
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| 378,854
| 0.1%
|
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| 308,061
| 0.07%
| 1
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| 685,730
| 0.12%
| 5
| 1
| {{steady}}
|- align="center"
![[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| 1,201,542
| 0.20%
|
| 2
| 1 {{increase}}
|}
==== State assembly elections ====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Election Year
! Overall votes
! % of <br>overall votes
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! +/- in seats
! Sitting side
|-
!colspan=8|[[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br>{{small|(Debut)}}
|
| 1.99%
| 35
| {{Composition bar|4|294|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{increase}} 4
|
|-
| [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]]
|
| 0.7%
| 20
| {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{decrease}} 3
|
|-
| [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|
| 1.05%
| 5
| {{Composition bar|4|294|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{increase}} 3
|
|-
| [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| 375,165
| 1.05%
| 7
| {{Composition bar|4|294|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{steady}}
|
|-
| [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| 349,896
| 0.83%
| 8
| {{Composition bar|7|294|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{Increase}} 3
|
|-
!colspan=8|[[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br>{{small|(New State Assembly)}}
| 7,37,134
| 1.52%
| 35
| {{Composition bar|7|119|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{Increase}} 7
|
|-
| [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| 561,089
| 2.7%
| 8
| {{Composition bar|7|119|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{steady}}
|
|-
!colspan=8|[[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<br>{{small|(Debut)}}
| 489,614
| 0.93%
| 24
| {{Composition bar|2|288|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{Increase}} 2
|
|-
| [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| 737,888
| 1.34%
| 44
| {{Composition bar|2|288|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{steady}}
|
|-
!colspan=8|[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br>{{small|(Debut)}}
| 80,248
| 0.2%
| 6
| {{Composition bar|0|243|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{steady}}
|
|-
| [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
| 523,279
| 1.24%
| 20
| {{Composition bar|5|243|hex=#5BB30E}}
| {{Increase}} 5
| [[Grand Democratic Secular Front|GDSF]]
|-
|}


==Headquarters==
==Headquarters==
The main party office is located within Darussalam, where [[Deccan College of Engineering and Technology]], Deccan School of Pharmacy, Deccan School of Planning and Architecture, and Deccan School of Management are also located. The [[Etemaad]] Press Office is also situated adjacent to the engineering college. The open grounds on the campus are also used from time to time to organize political gatherings (termed as "jalsa") where the party leaders deliver speeches to public and media alike.
The main party office is located within Darussalam, where [[Deccan College of Engineering and Technology]], Deccan School of Pharmacy, Deccan School of Planning and Architecture, and Deccan School of Management are also located. The [[Etemaad]] Press Office is also situated adjacent to the engineering college. The open grounds on the campus are also used from time to time to organize political gatherings (termed as "jalsa") where the party leaders deliver speeches to public and media alike.
==Non-Muslim candidates==
==Non-Muslim candidates==
AIMIM has occasionally fielded Hindus in various assembly and local body elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/mims-hindu-candidate-defeats-muslim-hyderabad-election |title=MIM's Hindu candidate defeats a Muslim in Hyderabad by election |publisher=Siasat |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyderabadmim-gives-ticket-to-hindu-candidate/89193-37.html |title=Hyderabad:MIM gives ticket to Hindu candidate - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Who-is-this-Hindu-candidate-of-MIM-/articleshow/4316233.cms |title=Who is this Hindu candidate of MIM ? |work=The Times of India |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/MIM-Announces-Nine-More-Assembly-Candidates-1-LS/2014/04/09/article2158167.ece |title=MIM Announces Nine More Assembly Candidates, 1 LS |work=The New Indian Express |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/mim-candidates-fray-4-ls-21-assembly-seats-telangana |title=MIM candidates in fray from 4 LS, 21 Assembly seats in Telangana |publisher=Siasat |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> The AIMIM selected Alampally Pochiah as its First Mayor in the City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mbt-determined-to-get-even-with-mim/article27824190.ece|title=MBT determined to get even with MIM|date=3 January 2002|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> MIM had three Hindu Hyderabad mayors- K. Prakash Rao, A. Satyanarayana and Alampalli Pochaiah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/104956|title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen to contest from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> A Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu candidate being fielded for an assembly seat by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen from [[Rajendranagar (Assembly constituency)|Rajendranagar]] constituency.
AIMIM has occasionally fielded Hindus in various assembly and local body elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/mims-hindu-candidate-defeats-muslim-hyderabad-election |title=MIM's Hindu candidate defeats a Muslim in Hyderabad by election |publisher=Siasat |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyderabadmim-gives-ticket-to-hindu-candidate/89193-37.html |title=Hyderabad:MIM gives ticket to Hindu candidate - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Who-is-this-Hindu-candidate-of-MIM-/articleshow/4316233.cms |title=Who is this Hindu candidate of MIM ? |work=The Times of India |date=26 March 2009 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/MIM-Announces-Nine-More-Assembly-Candidates-1-LS/2014/04/09/article2158167.ece |title=MIM Announces Nine More Assembly Candidates, 1 LS |work=The New Indian Express |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siasat.com/english/news/mim-candidates-fray-4-ls-21-assembly-seats-telangana |title=MIM candidates in fray from 4 LS, 21 Assembly seats in Telangana |publisher=Siasat |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> The AIMIM selected Alampally Pochiah as its First Mayor in the City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/mbt-determined-to-get-even-with-mim/article27824190.ece|title=MBT determined to get even with MIM|date=3 January 2002|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> MIM had three Hindu Hyderabad mayors- K. Prakash Rao, A. Satyanarayana and Alampalli Pochaiah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/node/104956|title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen to contest from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> A Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu candidate being fielded for an assembly seat by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen from [[Rajendranagar (Assembly constituency)|Rajendranagar]] constituency.


In 2013 local elections the party fielded a woman candidate from Hindu OBC, V.Bhanumathi, who won election against Hajira Sultana from Congress by 1,282 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2013mar20/mim%E2%80%99s_hindu_candidate_defeats_congress_muslim_candidate_local_election.html |title=MIM's Hindu candidate defeats Congress Muslim candidate in local election |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=20 March 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>
In 2013 local elections the party fielded a woman candidate from Hindu OBC, V.Bhanumathi, who won election against Hajira Sultana from Congress by 1,282 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2013mar20/mim%E2%80%99s_hindu_candidate_defeats_congress_muslim_candidate_local_election.html |title=MIM's Hindu candidate defeats Congress Muslim candidate in local election |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=20 March 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>
==Philanthropy==
==Philanthropy==
AIMIM donated relief worth {{INR}} 78.75 lakh for [[2013 North India floods|Uttarakhand flood]] victims in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttarakhand/mim-announces-relief-for-victims-of-uttarkhand-cal_857701.html|title=MIM announces relief for victims of Uttarakhand cal|work=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianmuslimobserver.com/2013/06/27/aimim-announces-relief-worth-rs-78-75-lakh-for-uttarakhand-victims/|title=AIMIM announces relief worth Rs 78.75 lakh for Uttarakhand victims|access-date=13 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611085730/http://indianmuslimobserver.com/2013/06/27/aimim-announces-relief-worth-rs-78-75-lakh-for-uttarakhand-victims/|archive-date=11 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
AIMIM donated relief worth {{INR}} 78.75 lakh for [[2013 North India floods|Uttarakhand flood]] victims in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/uttarakhand/mim-announces-relief-for-victims-of-uttarkhand-cal_857701.html|title=MIM announces relief for victims of Uttarakhand cal|work=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianmuslimobserver.com/2013/06/27/aimim-announces-relief-worth-rs-78-75-lakh-for-uttarakhand-victims/|title=AIMIM announces relief worth Rs 7.75 crores for Uttarakhand victims|access-date=13 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611085730/http://indianmuslimobserver.com/2013/06/27/aimim-announces-relief-worth-rs-78-75-lakh-for-uttarakhand-victims/|archive-date=11 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


AIMIM donated over {{INR}} 4 crores aid to the [[Floods in Chennai 2015|Chennai floods]] victims of Chennai in December 2015. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] donated over {{INR}} 4 crores aid to the flood affected victims of Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myaimim.in/chennai-floods-aimim-donated-over-rs-4-crores-aid-to-the-flood-affected-victims/|title=Chennai Floods: AIMIM Donated Over Rs. 4 Crores Aid to the Flood Affected Victims|last=Desk|first=News|date=17 December 2015|website=AIMIM News India|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
AIMIM donated over {{INR}} 4 crores aid to the [[Floods in Chennai 2015|Chennai floods]] victims of Chennai in December 2015. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] donated over {{INR}} 4 crores aid to the flood affected victims of Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myaimim.in/chennai-floods-aimim-donated-over-rs-4-crores-aid-to-the-flood-affected-victims/|title=Chennai Floods: AIMIM Donated Over Rs. 4 Crores Aid to the Flood Affected Victims|last=Desk|first=News|date=17 December 2015|website=AIMIM News India|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>


AIMIM donated over {{INR}} 50 Lakh aid to the [[2017 Bihar flood]] victims in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/aimim-medical-relief-flood-affected-bihar|title=Hyderabad: AIMIM sends medical relief to flood-affected Bihar|last=AuthorTelanganaToday|website=Telangana Today|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
AIMIM donated over {{INR}} 5 crores aid to the [[2017 Bihar flood]] victims in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/aimim-medical-relief-flood-affected-bihar|title=Hyderabad: AIMIM sends medical relief to flood-affected Bihar|last=AuthorTelanganaToday|website=Telangana Today|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>
 
During the [[2018 Floods in Kerala State]], AIMIM donated {{INR}} 16 Lakh and medicines worth {{INR}} 10 lakh to the flood relief fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kerala-floods-trs-mps-donate-one-months-pay/articleshow/65468530.cms|title=Kerala floods: TRS MPs donate one month’s pay {{!}} Hyderabad News|website=The Times of India|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.sakshi.com/telangana/2018/08/19/aimim-donate-sixteen-lakhs-kerala-floods-relief-funds|title=AIMIM ने भी केरल बाढ़ पीड़ितों को दिये 16 लाख रुपये, भेजेंगे दवाइयां|website=Sakshipost Hindi|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>


During [[2020 Delhi riots]], AIMIM organized two medical relief camps in Delhi and donated medicines worth {{INR}} 4 Lakhs. Asaduddin Owaisi announced that all elected representatives of AIMIM will donate one month of their salary for those affected by the Delhi riots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/delhi-riots-aimim-mps-mlas-donate-1-month-salary-victims-1844109/|title=Delhi riots: AIMIM MPs, MLAs to donate 1 month salary to victims|date=2 March 2020|website=The Siasat Daily|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
During the [[2018 Floods in Kerala State]], AIMIM donated {{INR}} 1.6 Crores and medicines worth {{INR}} 50 lakh to the flood relief fund.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kerala-floods-trs-mps-donate-one-months-pay/articleshow/65468530.cms|title=Kerala floods: TRS MPs donate one month’s pay {{!}} Hyderabad News|website=The Times of India|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://hindi.sakshi.com/telangana/2018/08/19/aimim-donate-sixteen-lakhs-kerala-floods-relief-funds|title=AIMIM ने भी केरल बाढ़ पीड़ितों को दिये 16 लाख रुपये, भेजेंगे दवाइयां|website=Sakshipost Hindi|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref>


During [[2020 Delhi riots]], AIMIM organized two medical relief camps in Delhi and donated medicines worth {{INR}} 40 Lakhs. Asaduddin Owaisi announced that all elected representatives of AIMIM will donate one month of their salary for those affected by the Delhi riots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siasat.com/delhi-riots-aimim-mps-mlas-donate-1-month-salary-victims-1844109/|title=Delhi riots: AIMIM MPs, MLAs to donate 1 month salary to victims|date=2 March 2020|website=The Siasat Daily|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
==References==
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
AbbreviationAIMIM
PresidentAsaduddin Owaisi
SecretarySyed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
Lok Sabha leaderAsaduddin Owaisi
FounderSultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Founded12 November 1927 (97 years ago) (1927-11-12)
HeadquartersDarussalam, Aghapura, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
NewspaperEtemaad Daily (Urdu)
IdeologyIslamic democracy[1]
ColoursGreen  
ECI StatusTelangana (State party)

Maharashtra (State party)

Bihar (State party) [2]
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance (2008-2012)
Grand Democratic Secular Front (2020-)
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies & Legislative Council
Indian states


Bihar Legislative Assembly
5 / 243

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2 / 288

Telangana Legislative Assembly
7 / 119

Telangana Legislative Council
2 / 40
Election symbol
kite
Website
www.aimim.org

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (lit. 'All India Council for Unity of Muslims', AIMIM) is an Indian regional political party[3] claiming to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of Muslims, Dalits, other minorities and underprivileged communities in India,[4] based in the Indian state of Telangana,[5][6] with its head office in the Aghapura, Hyderabad, which has its roots in the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[7][8][9][10]

AIMIM has held the Lok Sabha seat for the Hyderabad constituency since 1984. In the 2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, the AIMIM won seven seats and received recognition as a 'state party' by the Election Commission of India.[2][11]

The AIMIM was initially a city-based party, with influence only in Hyderabad, but the party won two seats in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election and one seat in the 2019 Maharashtra Lok Sabha[12][13] and emerged as the second largest party in the Aurangabad municipal elections.[14] The party president and member of parliament Asaduddin Owaisi received the Sansad Ratna Award for 2014. The party has long been seen as a political representation of Muslims in the state of Telangana now nationwide.[8][15] On 10 January 2020, party president Asad Uddin Owaisi led a protest against CAA, NRC, NPR at Shastripuram grounds in Hyderabad after Friday prayers. This rally named Tiranga Rally is organised by the United Muslim Action Committee, an umbrella group of religious and social scholars and several small welfare organisations of India. The protesters demanded the immediate revocation of CAA.

AIMIM won 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominated Seemanchal region in Bihar assembly Election 2020.[16]

History

Late Qaaid-e-Millat Nawab Bahadur Yar Jung
Qasim Razvi chalking out plans during Operation Polo

The party has roots back to the days of the princely State of Hyderabad. It was founded and shaped by Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan Qiledar of Hyderabad State with the "advice" of Nawab Mir Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad and in the presence of Ulma-e-Mashaeqeen in 1927 as a pro-Nizam party.[17] Then it was only Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) and the first meeting was held in the house of Nawab Mahmood Nawaz Khan on 12 November 1927. The MIM advocated the set up of a "Muslim dominion" rather than integration with India.[18][19][20] In 1938, Bahadur Yar Jung was elected "president" of the MIM which had a "cultural" and religious manifesto. It soon acquired political complexion and after the death of Bahadur Yar Jang in 1944, Qasim Rizvi was elected as the leader.[21]

The Razakars, led by Kasim Razvi, were an Islamist paramilitary organization of self-styled "volunteers" formed, ostensibly, to "resist merger" with India. Razvi and MIM wanted a Muslim country to be carved out of Hyderabad as South Pakistan.[22] The Razakars operated as "storm troopers" for the MIM. The 150,000 Razakar "soldiers", supposedly "mobilized" to "fight against the Indian Union" for the "independence" of Hyderabad State.[This quote needs a citation] After the Indian annexation of Hyderabad State, the MIM was banned in 1948. Qasim Rizvi was jailed from 1948 to 1957, and was released on the condition that he would go to Pakistan where he was granted an asylum.[23]

Before leaving, Qasim Rizvi handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the Ittehadul Muslimeen, to Abdul Wahid Owaisi, a lawyer. Owaisi organised it into the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[24][25] After Abdul Wahed Owaisi, his son Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi took control of AIMIM in 1975 and was referred to as Salar E Millat (commander of the community).[26][27][28]

Programme

AIMIM says it defends the rights of "Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis, Other Backward Classes, Other Minorities and all other underprivileged communities." It states allegiance to the Constitution of India and its secular democracy.[29]

Leadership

Post Name
National President Asaduddin Owaisi[30]
General Secretary Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
National Spokesperson Waris Pathan[31]
National Spokesperson Asim Waqar[32]
Telangana Assembly Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi[33]
Karnataka President Usman Ghani Humnabad[34]
Tamil Nadu President Abdul Rahim Khan
Gujarat President Sabirbhai Kabuliwala[35]
Maharashtra President Imtiyaz Jaleel
West Bengal President [36]
Jharkhand President Hubban Malick[37]
Bihar President Akhtarul Iman
Delhi President Kalimul hafiz
Uttar Pradesh President Shaukat Ali
Uttrakhand President Nayyer Kazmi[38]

In Indian politics

Abdul Wahid Owaisi - Revived AIMIM in 1958

In 1960, AIMIM won the Mallepally ward of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation. In 1962, Salahuddin won from Patharghatti assembly seat as an independent candidate and later from Charminar constituency in 1967. In 1972, he won from Yakutpura and later in 1978, again from Charminar.[citation needed]

In 1984 AIMIM emerged victorious in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha Seat and Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi represented Hyderabad till 2004. Since then, Salahuddin's elder son Asaduddin Owaisi represents the seat of Hyderabad.[39][40][41] Mohammad Majid Hussain of the AIMIM was unanimously elected as the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad on 2 January 2012.[42]

AIMIM was once reduced to a single Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh in 1994.[43] On 12 November 2012, Asaduddin Owaisi announced the withdrawal of support to the UPA government citing communal policies of the current Congress-led government.[44][45] All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen was then supporting Congress, both at Centre and at state level in Andhra Pradesh.[46][47][48]

In the Hyderabad Municipality election of 2009, AIMIM won 43 out of 150 seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad[49] was appointed as Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Mohammad Majid Hussain.[50] Party president Asaduddin Owaisi won the Sansad Ratna award for his outstanding performance in lok Sabha.[51]

AIMIM made entry into Maharashtra state by winning 13 seats in Nanded-Waghala city municipal council polls held in October 2012.[52] AIMIM made its entry into Karnataka state by winning 6 seats in Karnataka local body elections held in March 2013.[53] In the 2014 elections, AIMIM contested in 35 MLA (20 in Telangana and 15 in Seemandhra) and 6 MP seats in undivided Andhra Pradesh, but was not able to win any extra seats and won the same seven Assembly seats and one lone Lok Sabha seat in Old Hyderabad city.[54]

Nizamabad has been a stronghold of MIM due to its dominant Muslim population. In the 2014 elections, MIM won 16 divisions, as much as the Congress, of the total 50 in Nizamabad City Municipal Corporation.[55] They lost the assembly seat to TRS but secured the position of Deputy Mayor of the city.[56] However, in the 2020 elections, MIM managed to secure an upper hand over Telangana Rashta Samithi by once again winning 16 of the 60 divisions coming only next to BJP's 28 seats. The TRS and MIM in alliance regained the city's Mayor and Deputy Mayor's post.

MIM also secured the Bhainsa municipality by winning 12 wards after a gap of ten years.[57] The party has for the first time opened its account in Seemandhra by securing five wards of Adoni municipality in Kurnool district.[55]

AIMIM performed very well in Uttar Pradesh Civic Body Elections 2017 and registered victory on 31 seats out of 78 seats it contested. In 2018, AIMIM has collaborated with Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi party in Maharashtra.[58][59] AIMIM and VBA contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Out of the 48 seats AIMIM contested one seat of Aurangabad and the VBA candidate for the remaining 47 seats. Imtiyaz Jaleel won the Aurangabad seat.

AIMIM has opened their account in Bihar by winning Kishanganj assembly seat in by-elections. Qamrul Hoda defeated nearest BJP candidate by more than 10,000 votes.

AIMIM win 5 assembly seats in Muslim dominant seemanchal region Bihar assembly election 2020[60]

AIMIM won 17 seats in Ahmedabad and Debunt in Gujarat politics during February 2021 Gujarat local corporation election Aimim became main opposition party in Modasa Nagarpalika by winning 9 seats and also win 7 and 20 seats respectively in Bharuch and Godhra Nagarpalika with kicking BJP out in Godhra with support of independents during Gujarat local body election.[61]

Electoral performance

General elections

Lok Sabha
Election year Overall votes % of
overall vote 		Seats contested Seats won +/– in seats
1989 0.21% 1 1 Increase
1991 0.16% 1 Steady
1996 340,070 0.1% 1 Steady
1998 0.13% 1 Steady
1999 448,165 0.12% 1 Steady
2004 378,854 0.1% 1 Steady
2009 308,061 0.07% 1 1 Steady
2014 685,730 0.12% 5 1 Steady
2019 1,201,542 0.20% 2 1 Increase

State assembly elections

Election Year Overall votes % of
overall votes 		Seats contested Seats won +/- in seats Sitting side
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1989
(Debut) 		1.99% 35
4 / 294
 Increase 4
1994 0.7% 20
1 / 294
 Decrease 3
1999 1.05% 5
4 / 294
 Increase 3
2004 375,165 1.05% 7
4 / 294
 Steady
2009 349,896 0.83% 8
7 / 294
 Increase 3
Telangana Legislative Assembly
2014
(New State Assembly) 		7,37,134 1.52% 35
7 / 119
 Increase 7
2018 561,089 2.7% 8
7 / 119
 Steady
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2014
(Debut) 		489,614 0.93% 24
2 / 288
 Increase 2
2019 737,888 1.34% 44
2 / 288
 Steady
Bihar Legislative Assembly
2015
(Debut) 		80,248 0.2% 6
0 / 243
 Steady
2020 523,279 1.24% 20
5 / 243
 Increase 5 GDSF

Headquarters

The main party office is located within Darussalam, where Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Deccan School of Pharmacy, Deccan School of Planning and Architecture, and Deccan School of Management are also located. The Etemaad Press Office is also situated adjacent to the engineering college. The open grounds on the campus are also used from time to time to organize political gatherings (termed as "jalsa") where the party leaders deliver speeches to public and media alike.

Non-Muslim candidates

AIMIM has occasionally fielded Hindus in various assembly and local body elections.[62][63][64][65][66] The AIMIM selected Alampally Pochiah as its First Mayor in the City.[67] MIM had three Hindu Hyderabad mayors- K. Prakash Rao, A. Satyanarayana and Alampalli Pochaiah.[68] A Muralidhar Reddy, Hindu candidate being fielded for an assembly seat by Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen from Rajendranagar constituency.

In 2013 local elections the party fielded a woman candidate from Hindu OBC, V.Bhanumathi, who won election against Hajira Sultana from Congress by 1,282 votes.[69]

Philanthropy

AIMIM donated relief worth ₹ 78.75 lakh for Uttarakhand flood victims in 2013.[70][71]

AIMIM donated over ₹ 4 crores aid to the Chennai floods victims of Chennai in December 2015. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi donated over ₹ 4 crores aid to the flood affected victims of Chennai.[72]

AIMIM donated over ₹ 5 crores aid to the 2017 Bihar flood victims in August 2017.[73]

During the 2018 Floods in Kerala State, AIMIM donated ₹ 1.6 Crores and medicines worth ₹ 50 lakh to the flood relief fund.[74][75]

During 2020 Delhi riots, AIMIM organized two medical relief camps in Delhi and donated medicines worth ₹ 40 Lakhs. Asaduddin Owaisi announced that all elected representatives of AIMIM will donate one month of their salary for those affected by the Delhi riots.[76]

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