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|secretary        = [[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri]]
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|publication      = [[Indian Etemaad|Etemaad Daily]] ([[Urdu]])
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|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>
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|headquarters    = Darussalam, [[Aghapura]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]].
|headquarters    = 5-5-59, [[Darussalam Rd]], [[Darus Salam]], [[Ghosha Mahal North]], [[Nampally, Hyderabad|Nampally]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]-500001
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The '''All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen''' (<small>{{lang-en|All India Council for Unity of Muslims}}</small>) ({{small|Abbriviation:}} '''AIMIM''') is an Indian [[political party]] based primarily in the city of [[Hyderabad]].<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> It's aim is to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of Muslims 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><ref>{{cite news|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|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite newspaper|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 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apsec.gov.in/POLITICALPARTIES/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf |title=Recognized National Political Parties |work=Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission |date=21 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408230220/http://www.apsec.gov.in/POLITICALPARTIES/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf |archive-date=8 February 2020 }}<br>{{cite web |url=http://www.apsec.gov.in/POLITICALPARTIES/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf |title=List of Political Parties |work=Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417060149/http://www.apsec.gov.in/Politicalparties/list%20of%20political%20parties.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2012 }}</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 news |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' |first1=Shoaib |last1=Daniyal |date=20 March 2016 |work=[[Scroll.in]]}}</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 news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/mim-gets-state-party-recognition/article6146744.ece |title=MIM gets State party recognition |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 June 2014}}</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 |date=25 June 2014 |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>
For much of its existence, it had little presence beyond [[Old City (Hyderabad, India)|Hyderabad]]. However, in more recent years, it has begun expanding into other states. It now has a significant presence in Maharashtra, with [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]] winning the [[Aurangabad (Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad constituency]] and with multiple members elected to the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/MIM-must-grow-beyond-Owaisis/articleshow/48737236.cms |title=MIM must grow beyond Owaisis |date=31 August 2015 |first1=Bappa |last1=Majumdar |newspaper=[[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=19 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><ref name=Aurangabad>{{cite newspaper |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/Aurangabad-civic-polls-MIM-wins-26-seats-stuns-parties/articleshow/47034011.cms |title=Aurangabad civic polls: MIM wins 32 seats, stuns parties |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 April 2015}}</ref><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> It has also made inroads in Bihar, winning five [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] seats in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=11 November 2020 |title=AIMIM bags 5 seats in Bihar: The rise and rise of Asaduddin Owaisi |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|access-date=}}</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 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]].
At least three senior members of the party have reportedly caused controversy for alledged [[hate speech]].<ref name="thewire"/><ref name="WeP"/><ref name="Hindu"/>


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>
==Origins==
The party has roots back to the days of the princely State of [[Hyderabad State|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/telangana-polls-bjp-borrows-from-hyderabad-history-to-recast-pm-as-vallabhbhai-patel-paints-kcr-as-new-nizam-5194911.html |title=Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam' |first1=TS |last1= Sudhir |date=17 September 2018 |work=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref> 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 shunned integration with India and instead, advocated to set up "Muslim dominion" in India.<ref>{{cite newspaper |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/right-and-wrong/statute-vs-sacred-owaisis-game-has-a-familiar-ring/|title=Statute vs sacred: Owaisi's game has a familiar ring |date=22 March 2016 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |first1=Swapan |last1=Dasgupta }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/Polibelly/asaduddin-owaisis-remark-razakars-dont-say-bharat-mata-ki-jai/ |title=Asaduddin Owaisi's remark: Razakars don't say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' |first1=Rajesh |last1=Ramachandran|date=18 March 2016 |work=[[The Economic Times]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/200316/instigating-a-controversy.html |title=Instigating a controversy |first1=Ashok |last1=Malik |date=20 March 2016|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Sukumar |last=Muralidharan |title=Alternate Histories: Hyderabad 1948 Compels a Fresh Evaluation of the Theology of India's Independence and Partition |journal=[[History and Sociology of South Asia]] |year=2014 |volume=8 |number=2 |pages=119–138 |doi=10.1177/2230807514524091|s2cid=153722788 }}</ref>


==History==
The [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/day-year-how-hyderabad-became-part-union-india-88407 |title=This day, that year: How Hyderabad became a part of the union of India |date=16 September 2018 |first1=TS |last1=Sudhir |work=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> The  Razakars operated as "storm troopers" for the MIM. The 150,000 Razakar "soldiers", mobilized to "fight against the Indian Union" for the independence of [[Hyderabad State]].{{citequote|date=November 2020}} After the [[Operation Polo|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.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700081500.htm |title=Holding them captive? The grip of the Majlis-e-ittehadul Muslimeen on the community remains strong, despite minor dents |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729181146/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700081500.htm |archive-date=29 July 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=27 April 2003 |access-date=5 May 2012}}</ref>
[[File:Bahadur Yar Jung.jpg|thumb|180px|right|Late Qaaid-e-Millat Nawab [[Bahadur Yar Jung]]]]
[[File:Qasim Razvi.jpg|thumb|[[Qasim Razvi]] chalking out plans during [[Operation Polo]]]]
The party has roots back to the days of the princely State of [[Hyderabad State|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/telangana-polls-bjp-borrows-from-hyderabad-history-to-recast-pm-as-vallabhbhai-patel-paints-kcr-as-new-nizam-5194911.html|title=Telangana polls: BJP borrows from Hyderabad history to recast Modi as Vallabhbhai Patel, paints KCR as 'new Nizam'|website=Firstpost}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/right-and-wrong/statute-vs-sacred-owaisis-game-has-a-familiar-ring/|title=Statute vs sacred: Owaisi’s game has a familiar ring|date=20 March 2016|website=Times of India Blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/Polibelly/asaduddin-owaisis-remark-razakars-dont-say-bharat-mata-ki-jai/|title=Asaduddin Owaisi’s remark: Razakars don’t say ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’|date=17 March 2016|website=Economic Times Blog}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/opinion/columnists/200316/instigating-a-controversy.html|title=Instigating a controversy|first=Ashok|last=Malik|date=20 March 2016|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Sukumar |last=Muralidharan |title=Alternate Histories: Hyderabad 1948 Compels a Fresh Evaluation of the Theology of India's Independence and Partition |journal=[[History and Sociology of South Asia]] |year=2014 |volume=8 |number=2 |pages=119–138 |doi=10.1177/2230807514524091}}</ref>


The [[Razakars (Hyderabad)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/day-year-how-hyderabad-became-part-union-india-88407|title=This day, that year: How Hyderabad became a part of the union of India}}</ref> 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]].{{citequote|date=November 2020}} After the [[Operation Polo|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.<ref name="hindu">[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700081500.htm Article in the Hindu on AIMIM] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030729181146/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700081500.htm |date=29 July 2003 }}. Hindu.com (27 April 2003). Retrieved 2012-05-05.</ref>
[[File:Abdul Wahid Owaisi.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Abdul Wahid Owaisi – Revived AIMIM in 1958]]
Before leaving, Razvi handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the MIM to Abdul Wahed Owaisi, a lawyer. Owaisi organised it into the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-24/hyderabad/31233687_1_muslimeen-mim-sultan-salahuddin-owaisi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131009022459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-24/hyderabad/31233687_1_muslimeen-mim-sultan-salahuddin-owaisi |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2013 |title=MIM, the game changer in 2014 elections? |date= 24 March 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |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> Under his leadership, the AIMIM shifted from a hardline policy of independence to a pragmatic direction.<ref name="hindu"/> 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>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120908043843/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>


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==
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==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Post !! Name
|-
| National President || [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lakhs bid tearful adieu to Owaisi|url=https://rediff.com/news/2008/sep/30owaisi.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| General Secretary || [[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri]]
|-
| National Spokesperson || [[Waris Pathan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/030120/waris-pathan-named-aimim-national-spokesman.html|title=Waris Pathan named AIMIM national spokesman|date=3 January 2020|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
|-
| National Spokesperson || Asim Waqar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-aimim-claims-credit-for-setting-up-varsity-2589987|title=AIMIM national spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar claims credit for ‘setting up’ Murshidabad's first university |date= 2 March 2018|website=DNA India}}</ref>
|-
| [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Telangana Assembly]] Floor Leader || [[Akbaruddin Owaisi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Akbaruddin Owaisi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Akbaruddin-Owaisi|work=The Times of India|access-date=2 April 2018}}</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 ||Abdul Rahim Khan
|-
| Gujarat President || Sabirbhai Kabuliwala<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/asadowaisi/status/1351555807813386240?s=20 |publisher=Twitter}}</ref>
|-
| Maharashtra President || [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]]
|-
| 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>
|- 
| Bihar President || [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|-
| Delhi President || Kalimul hafiz
|-
| Uttar Pradesh President || Shaukat Ali
|-
| 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]]
===Andhra Pradesh/Telangana===
[[File:Bahadur Yar Jung.jpg|thumb|Late Qaaid-e-Millat Nawab [[Bahadur Yar Jung]]]]
[[File:Qasim Razvi.jpg|thumb|[[Qasim Razvi]] chalking out plans during [[Operation Polo]]]]


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|date=November 2014}}
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 (Assembly constituency)|Charminar]] constituency in 1967. In 1972, he won from [[Yakutpura (Assembly constituency)|Yakutpura]] and later in 1978, again from Charminar.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} In 1984 Salahuddin emerged victorious in the [[Hyderabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|federal seat of Hyderabad]], which he represented the seat until 2004.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120908043847/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-26/hyderabad/28324094_1_sultan-salahuddin-owaisi-mumtaz-ahmed-khan-mim-floor-leader Salar bids goodbye to elections]. ''The Times of India''. (26 March 2004). Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>[http://twocircles.net/2008sep29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html MIM President Salahuddin Owaisi passes away]. TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081003090009/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093058670300.htm Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : A veteran of many battles]. The Hindu (30 September 2008). Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref> [[Mohammad Majid Hussain]] of the AIMIM was unanimously elected as the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad on 2 January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/andhra-pradesh/majid-hussain-is-the-new-mayor-of-greater-hyderabad-163210 |title=Majid Hussain is the new Mayor of Greater Hyderabad |publisher=NDTV.com |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>


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.<ref>[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-26/hyderabad/28324094_1_sultan-salahuddin-owaisi-mumtaz-ahmed-khan-mim-floor-leader Salar bids goodbye to elections]. ''The Times of India''. (26 March 2004). Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>[http://twocircles.net/2008sep29/mim_president_salahuddin_owaisi_passes_away.html MIM President Salahuddin Owaisi passes away]. TwoCircles.net. Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/30/stories/2008093058670300.htm Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : A veteran of many battles]. The Hindu (30 September 2008). Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref> [[Mohammad Majid Hussain]] of the AIMIM was unanimously elected as the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad on 2 January 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/andhra-pradesh/majid-hussain-is-the-new-mayor-of-greater-hyderabad-163210 |title=Majid Hussain is the new Mayor of Greater Hyderabad |publisher=NDTV.com |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>
In 1993, AIMIM suffered a split, with a faction led by [[Amanullah Khan (Indian politician)|Amanullah Khan]] creating the [[Majlis Bachao Tehreek]]. As a result, AIMIM was reduced to a single Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/hyderabad/article1-14490.aspx |title=Hyderabad |work=Hindustan Times|date=4 April 2004 |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607123556/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/hyderabad/article1-14490.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref> They won 4 seats in 1999, and increased their total to 7 in 2009, where they have remained since then. They joined the Congress-led [[United Progressive Alliance]] in 2008, but left it in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cms |title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA – Economic Times |work=The Economic Times |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cmshttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-congress-in-andhra-pradesh_1763647 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126191104/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cmshttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-congress-in-andhra-pradesh_1763647 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA – Economic Times |work=The Economic Times |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/how-ties-between-mim-and-congress-strained/20121112.htm|title=How ties between MIM and Congress strained|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/mim-withdraws-support-to-congress-govt-in-andhra-pradesh-121256-2012-11-12|title=MIM withdraws support from Congress govt in Andhra Pradesh|first1=Amarnath K.|last1=Menon|date=November 12, 2012|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-kiran-government/article4090292.ece|title=MIM withdraws support to UPA, Kiran government|date=12 November 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>


AIMIM was once reduced to a single Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/hyderabad/article1-14490.aspx |title=Hyderabad |work=Hindustan Times|date=4 April 2004 |access-date=5 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607123556/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/archives/hyderabad/article1-14490.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2014 }}</ref> On 12 November 2012, [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] announced the withdrawal of support to the UPA government citing communal policies of the current Congress-led government.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cms |title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA - Economic Times |work=The Economic Times |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cmshttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-congress-in-andhra-pradesh_1763647 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126191104/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-withdraws-support-to-andhra-pradesh-government-and-upa/articleshow/17201214.cmshttp://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-congress-in-andhra-pradesh_1763647 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen withdraws support to Andhra Pradesh government and UPA - Economic Times |work=The Economic Times |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen was then supporting Congress, both at Centre and at state level in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/how-ties-between-mim-and-congress-strained/20121112.htm|title=How ties between MIM and Congress strained|website=Rediff}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/mim-withdraws-support-to-congress-govt-in-andhra-pradesh-121256-2012-11-12|title=MIM withdraws support from Congress govt in Andhra Pradesh|first1=Amarnath K.|last=Menon|date=November 12, 2012|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/mim-withdraws-support-to-upa-kiran-government/article4090292.ece|title=MIM withdraws support to UPA, Kiran government|date=12 November 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
===Maharashtra===
The party won 2 seats at the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AIMIM's Waris Yousuf Pathan wins Byculla assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Assembly Elections 2014 Results|url=http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/AIMIMs-Waris-Yousuf-Pathan-wins-Byculla-assembly-constituency-in-Maharashtras-Assembly-Elections-2014-Results-95268.html | accessdate=13 December 2014|work=NewsWala.com}}</ref>


In the Hyderabad Municipality election of 2009, AIMIM won 43 out of 150 seats in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad<ref>[http://www.siasat.com/english/news/ghmc-results-congress-leading-0 GHMC Results, Congress leading]. Siasat (26 November 2009). Retrieved 5 May 2012.</ref> was appointed as Mayor of [[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation]], [[Mohammad Majid Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mm-hussain-is-mayor-rajkumar-deputy/217616-62-131.html |title=MIM's Hussain elected Mayor of Hyderabad - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=4 January 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> Party president Asaduddin Owaisi won the Sansad Ratna award for his outstanding performance in lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/sansad-ratna-award-goes-to-8-top-performing-mps- |title=Top performing MPs to be honoured with Sansad Ratna Award |publisher=Indiatomorrow.net |date=25 December 2013 |access-date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
In 2018, AIMIM allied with [[Prakash Ambedkar]]'s [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/asaduddin-owaisi-prakash-ambedkar-vba-aimim-maharashtra-elections-2019|title=Asaduddin Owaisi's Dalit outreach and the relevance of Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi|first=Neyaz|last=Farooquee|website=The Caravan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-aimim-aims-two-lok-sabha-seats-in-mumbai-2731869|title=AIMIM aims two Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai|first=Dhaval|last=Kulkarni|date=22 March 2019|website=DNA India}}</ref> AIMIM and VBA contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra in alliance. [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]] won the [[Aurangabad (Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad seat]], winning a seat for AIMIM outside Hyderabad for the first time ever.
{{Original research inline|date=November 2021}}
Owaisi's [[AIMIM]] big scores in Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Election. The Party won 25 seats in Aurangabad, 10 in Amravati, 9 in Solapur, 7 in Malegaon, 4 in Dhule, 2 in Mumbai, 2 in Thane and 1 in Pune.
The [[AIMIM]] Party won Total 60 Municipal corporators and 40 Municipal Councilors in Maharashtra.


AIMIM made entry into [[Maharashtra]] state by winning 13 seats in [[Nanded-Waghala]] city municipal council polls held in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twocircles.net/2012oct16/mim_shows_good_performance_nanded_city_municipal_polls.html |title=MIM shows good performance in Nanded city Municipal polls |publisher=TwoCircles.net |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> AIMIM made its entry into Karnataka state by winning 6 seats in Karnataka local body elections held in March 2013.<ref name="TwoCircles.net 2013">{{cite web | title=MIM makes electoral debut in Karnataka, win six seats in civic polls | website=TwoCircles.net | date=12 March 2013 | url=http://twocircles.net/2013mar12/mim_makes_electoral_debut_karnataka_win_six_seats_civic_polls.html | access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Greater-Hyderabad-holds-the-key/articleshow/33352586.cms |title=Greater Hyderabad holds the key |work=The Times of India |date=7 April 2014 |access-date=5 June 2014}}</ref>
===Bihar===
[[Political Parties in Bihar|State president]] [[Akhtarul Iman]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akhtarul Iman aimim Candidate 2019 लोकसभा चुनाव परिणाम Kishanganj|url=https://www.amarujala.com/election/lok-sabha-elections/bihar/candidates/akhtarul-iman-all-india-majlis-e-ittehadul-muslimeen-2019-kishanganj-10-bihar|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref> contested from [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kishanganj]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kishanganj Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 Live: Kishanganj Constituency Election Results, News, Candidates, Vote Paercentage|url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/bihar/kishanganj-election-result-s04p10/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=News18}}</ref> placing third. Later that year, [[Qamrul Hoda]] won the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] [[Kishanganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|seat of the same name]] in a by-election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.eci.gov.in/ACBYEOCT2019/ConstituencywiseS031.htm?ac=1 Bye Election to assembly constituency oct-2019|title=By-election to Assembly constituency October 2019|access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>


[[Nizamabad, Telangana|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 Municipal Corporation|Nizamabad City Municipal Corporation]].<ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Big-gains-for-MIM-in-civic-body-polls/articleshow/35035189.cms|title=Big gains for MIM in civic body polls|work=The Times of India}}</ref> They lost the assembly seat to TRS but secured the position of Deputy Mayor of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/mim-improves-position-in-nizamabad/article6021697.ece|title=MIM improves position in Nizamabad|work=The Hindu}}</ref> 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.
AIMIM contested the [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] as part of the [[Grand Democratic Secular Front]]. The party won 5 seats in the [[Seemanchal region]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Khan|first=Fatima|date=2020-11-10|title=AIMIM wins 5 seats in Bihar, but hasn't made a big dent in Mahagathbandhan vote share|url=https://theprint.in/politics/aimim-set-to-bag-5-seats-in-bihar-but-hasnt-made-a-big-dent-in-mahagathbandhan-vote-share/541676/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> with Iman winning from [[Amour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amour]].<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|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=बिहार में 5 सीटें जीतने से गदगद है ओवैसी की पार्टी AIMIM, अब यूपी-बंगाल पर भी नजर|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/assembly-elections/bihar-election-2020/story-bihar-election-results-aimim-wins-five-seats-in-bihar-asaduddin-owaisi-eyes-on-uttar-pradesh-and-west-bengal-election-3623248.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Hindustan|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bihar: What Worked in AIMIM's Favour in Five Assembly Seats of Seemanchal?|url=https://thewire.in/politics/mim-win-five-assembly-seats-seemanchal-bihar-elections-2020|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Asaduddin Owaisi Party Aimim Won 5 Seats in Seemanchal Area of Bihar {{!}} बिहार चुनाव में ओवैसी की पार्टी AIMIM ने किया कमाल, 5 सीटों पर दर्ज की जीत|url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/india/bihar-jharkhand/asaduddin-owaisi-party-aimim-won-5-seats-in-seemanchal-area-of-bihar/783714/amp|access-date=2021-09-20|website=zeenews.india.com}}</ref>


MIM also secured the [[Bhainsa]] municipality by winning 12 wards after a gap of ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140513/nation-current-affairs/article/all-india-majlis-ittehadul-muslimeen-scores-historic-ton|title=All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen scores historic ton in Andhra municipal polls|work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> The party has for the first time opened its account in Seemandhra by securing five wards of [[Adoni]] municipality in [[Kurnool]] district.<ref name="The Times of India"/>
===Uttar Pradesh===
AIMIM will fight [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 29, 2021|first1=Roushan|last=Ali|title=Owaisi's AIMIM gearing for the big fight in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/amim-gearing-for-the-big-fight-in-up/articleshow/84842273.cms|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> in alliance of Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha<ref>{{Cite web|title=AIMIM now part of Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha coalition for UP Polls 2022 - The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2021/jun/28/aimim-now-part-of-bhagidari-sankalp-morcha-coalition-for-up-polls-2022-2322464.amp|access-date=2021-09-20|website=www.newindianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=यूपी में राजभर के नेतृत्व में चुनाव लड़ेंगे ओवैसी, 'भागीदारी संकल्प मोर्चा' में हुए शामिल|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/story-owaisi-aimim-will-fight-up-assembly-election-2022-in-om-prakash-rajbhar-leadership-entered-in-bhagidari-sankalp-morcha-3687494.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Hindustan|language=hindi}}</ref> Party president has announced to fight on 100 seats in [[Political parties in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Owaisi slams both BJP and Congress, says AIMIM to contest on 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/aug/28/owaisi-slamsboth-bjp-and-congresssays-aimim-to-contest-on-100-seats-in-uttar-pradesh-2350768.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=AIMIM to contest 100 seats in UP Assembly polls|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/aimim-to-contest-100-seats-in-up-assembly-polls20210627175758/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=ANI News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 27, 2021|title=AIMIM to contest 100 seats in 2022 UP Assembly polls: Asaduddin Owaisi|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aimim-contest-100-seats-2022-up-assembly-polls-asaduddin-owaisi-1820030-2021-06-27|access-date=2021-09-20|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-27|title=UP Elections 2022: AIMIM to Contest on 100 Seats, Alliance Only With OP Rajbhar's Party, Says Owaisi|url=https://www.india.com/uttar-pradesh/up-elections-2022-aimim-to-contest-on-100-seats-alliance-only-with-op-rajbhars-party-says-owaisi-4772045/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=India News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=AIMIM to contest Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aimim-to-contest-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls/articleshow/83892975.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-28|title=Uttar Pradesh Election 2022: AIMIM to contest 100 seats in alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar's SBSP|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-election-2022-aimim-to-contest-100-seats-in-alliance-with-om-prakash-rajbhars-sbsp/2279613/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-27|title=AIMIM to contest on 100 seats in UP assembly elections, announces Owaisi|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/aimim-to-contest-on-100-seats-in-up-assembly-elections-announces-owaisi-101624800038350.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-07|title='Would Contest And Win 100 Seats': AIMIM Chief Owaisi Makes Big Claim Ahead Of UP Polls 2022|url=https://news.abplive.com/states/up-uk/would-contest-and-win-100-seats-aimim-chief-owaisi-makes-big-claim-ahead-of-up-polls-2022-rts-1480753|access-date=2021-09-20|website=news.abplive.com|language=en}}</ref>


AIMIM performed very well in Uttar Pradesh Civic Body Elections 2017 and registered victory on 31 seats out of 78 seats it contested.
==Ideology==
In 2018, AIMIM has collaborated with [[Prakash Ambedkar]]'s [[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]] party in [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/politics/asaduddin-owaisi-prakash-ambedkar-vba-aimim-maharashtra-elections-2019|title=Asaduddin Owaisi's Dalit outreach and the relevance of Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi|first=Neyaz|last=Farooquee|website=The Caravan}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-aimim-aims-two-lok-sabha-seats-in-mumbai-2731869|title=AIMIM aims two Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai|first=Dhaval|last=Kulkarni|date=22 March 2019|website=DNA India}}</ref> AIMIM and VBA contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Out of the 48 seats AIMIM contested one seat of [[Aurangabad (Maharashtra Lok Sabha constituency)|Aurangabad]] and the VBA candidate for the remaining 47 seats. [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]] won the Aurangabad seat.
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 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.
During a 2015 speech party chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed, “Islam is the 'real home' of all religions in the world and hence the real 'home coming' will be when people of other religions embrace it,” Owaisi later went on to claim that, “All are born as Muslim and are later converted to other religions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/everyone-is-born-muslim-asaduddin-owaisis-remark-sparks-row/20150105.htm|title=Everyone is born Muslim: Asaduddin Owaisi's remark sparks row|date=2015-01-05|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[Rediff.com]]|url-status=live}}</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>
== Electoral performance ==
 
=== General elections ===
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 ====
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| 485785
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==== State assembly elections ====
=== State assembly elections ===
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==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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513195234/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hyderabadmim-gives-ticket-to-hindu-candidate/89193-37.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 May 2014 |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>
[[Aurangabad Municipal Corporation]] AIMIM fielded 12 non-Muslim candidates, mostly underprivileged Hindus referred to as Dalits. Of these 12, five non-Muslims — Sangeeta Waghule, Lata Nikhalge, Gangadhar Dhage, Sarita Borde and Vikas Edke won.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
==Controversies==
In 2007, floor leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AlMIM) in the Telangana Assembly, [[Akbaruddin Owaisi]] threatended to kill the writer [[Taslima Nasreen]]<ref name="thewire">{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/love-and-hate-in-hyderabad-the-fiery-political-life-of-akbaruddin-owaisi|title=Love and Hate in Hyderabad: The Incendiary Political Life of Akbaruddin Owaisi|date=2018-12-11|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[The Wire (India)]]|last=Alam|first=Mahtab|url-status=live}}</ref> should she ever visit [[Hyderabad]] again.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/owaisi-booked-for-threatening-taslima/story-Ybl2GnCryTBaNJHRrrGGIO.html|title=Owaisi booked for threatening Taslima|date=2007-08-12|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
Nasreen was later attacked during a booklaunch for the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] translation of her novel ''Shodh''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Taslima-Nasreen-attacked-in-Hyderabad-during-book-launch/articleshow/2267996.cms|title=Taslima Nasreen attacked in Hyderabad during book launch|date=2007-08-09|access-date=2021-11-04|work=[[Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2020, Police from India's [[Gulbarga|Kalaburagi,Karnataka]] region charged party leader [[Waris Pathan]] for alledged [[hate speech]]. In the speech Pathon alledgedly expressed [[Anti-Hindu sentiment]] by positing, "To those saying we have only put our women at the forefront of the protest against the CAA, NRC and NPR, only our lionesses have come out till now and you are already sweating. Imagine what will happen if we all men came together. We are 15 crore, which can outweigh their 100 crore". Waris later apologised for the comments via Twitter while the party's president [[Asaduddin Owaisi]] advised him not to make provocative remarks in public.<ref name="WeP">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/case-against-waris-pathan-for-15-crore-muslims-comment-in-karnataka-2184469|title=Asaduddin Owaisi's Party Leader Charged For "15 Crore Muslims" Remark In Karnataka|date=2020-02-23|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[NDTV]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2021, [[Muralidhar Rao]] of India's [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] accused AIMIM of openly declaring their support for the [[Taliban]] claiming, “This (state) government is aligned with the AIMIM. The Majlis Party has openly declared support and acceptance of Taliban. It’s not just AIMIM, but even the TRS which has aligned with AIMIM. We’ll have negative consequences in coming days on account of that.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/aimim-openly-declared-support-to-taliban-telangana-govt-aligning-with-them-can-have-negative-outcomes-bjp/801701|title=AIMIM openly declared support to Taliban, Telangana govt aligning with them can have negative outcomes: BJP|date=2021-08-20|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[Times Now]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
In October 2021, the AIMIM party's president, Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that, "Muslims have been cheated in the name secularism" and alledged the legal system in [[Uttar Pradesh]] was biased against Muslims.<ref name="Hindu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/at-up-rally-owaisi-slams-sp-rld/article37273405.ece|title=At U.P. rally, Owaisi slams SP, RLD|date=2021-10-31|access-date=2021-11-04|website=[[The Hindu]]|last=Kumar|first=Anuj|url-status=live}}</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 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 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|date=17 December 2015|website=AIMIM News India|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>
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|website=Telangana Today|access-date=20 February 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 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|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>
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>
==Leadership==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Post !! Name
|-
| National President || [[Asaduddin Owaisi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Lakhs bid tearful adieu to Owaisi|url=https://rediff.com/news/2008/sep/30owaisi.htm|publisher=Rediff|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
|-
| General Secretary || [[Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri]]
|-
| National Spokesperson || [[Waris Pathan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/030120/waris-pathan-named-aimim-national-spokesman.html|title=Waris Pathan named AIMIM national spokesman|date=3 January 2020|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
|-
| National Spokesperson || Asim Waqar<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-aimim-claims-credit-for-setting-up-varsity-2589987|title=AIMIM national spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar claims credit for 'setting up' Murshidabad's first university |date= 2 March 2018|website=DNA India}}</ref>
|-
| [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Telangana Assembly]] Floor Leader || [[Akbaruddin Owaisi]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Akbaruddin Owaisi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Akbaruddin-Owaisi|work=The Times of India|access-date=2 April 2018}}</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 ||Abdul Rahim Khan
|-
| [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat President]]|| Sabirbhai Kabuliwala<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-23|title=AIMIM गुजरात इकाई के प्रदेश अध्यक्ष बने काबरीवाला, स्थानीय निकाय चुनाव के लिए ओवैसी ने कसी कमर|url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/state/gujarat/kabaraiwala-appointed-gujarat-aimim-state-president-491159.html|access-date=2021-09-20|website=TV9 Hindi|language=hindi}}</ref>
|-
| [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra President]]|| [[Imtiyaz Jaleel]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 11, 2019|title=AIMIM appoints Imtiaz Jaleel as its state president for Maharashtra|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/aimim-imtiaz-jaleel-1566666-2019-07-11|access-date=2021-09-20|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| Jharkhand President || Mohammad Shakir
|- 
| [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar President]]|| [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|-
| Delhi President|| Kaleemul Hafeez
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh President]]|| [[Shaukat Ali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/shaukat-ali-is-aimim-up-unit-chief/articleshow/54966721.cms|title=Shaukat Ali: Shaukat Ali is AIMIM UP unit chief &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</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>
|}
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All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
AbbreviationAIMIM
LeaderAsaduddin Owaisi
PresidentAsaduddin Owaisi
General SecretarySyed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
Parliamentary ChairpersonAsaduddin Owaisi
Lok Sabha leaderAsaduddin Owaisi
FounderAbdul Wahed Owaisi
Founded2 March 1958 (67 years ago) (1958-03-02)
Preceded byMajlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen or MIM
Headquarters5-5-59, Darussalam Rd, Darus Salam, Ghosha Mahal North, Nampally, Hyderabad-500001
NewspaperEtemaad Daily (Urdu)
IdeologyMinority, Adivasi, Dalit Rights
Constitutionalism
Secularism
Democracy
ColoursGreen  
ECI StatusNational party
AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance (2008–2012)
BTP+ (2021-Present)(Gujarat)
Seats in Lok Sabha
2 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies & State Legislative Councils
Indian states

Bihar Legislative Assembly
5 / 243

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
2 / 288

Telangana Legislative Assembly
7 / 119

Telangana Legislative Council
2 / 40
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
kite
Website
www.aimim.org

The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (English: All India Council for Unity of Muslims) (Abbriviation: AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad.[1] It's aim is to promote the social, economical, and educational development and effective representation of Muslims in India.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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.[9][10]

For much of its existence, it had little presence beyond Hyderabad. However, in more recent years, it has begun expanding into other states. It now has a significant presence in Maharashtra, with Imtiyaz Jaleel winning the Aurangabad constituency and with multiple members elected to the Legislative Assembly.[11][12][13][6][14] It has also made inroads in Bihar, winning five Legislative Assembly seats in 2020.[15]

At least three senior members of the party have reportedly caused controversy for alledged hate speech.[16][17][18]

Origins

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.[19] 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 shunned integration with India and instead, advocated to set up "Muslim dominion" in India.[20][21][22] 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.[23]

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.[24] The Razakars operated as "storm troopers" for the MIM. The 150,000 Razakar "soldiers", 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.[25]

Abdul Wahid Owaisi – Revived AIMIM in 1958

Before leaving, Razvi handed over the responsibility of whatever remained of the MIM to Abdul Wahed Owaisi, a lawyer. Owaisi organised it into the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.[26][27] Under his leadership, the AIMIM shifted from a hardline policy of independence to a pragmatic direction.[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).[28][29]

In Indian politics

Andhra Pradesh/Telangana

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

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 Salahuddin emerged victorious in the federal seat of Hyderabad, which he represented the seat until 2004.[30][31][32] Mohammad Majid Hussain of the AIMIM was unanimously elected as the Mayor of Greater Hyderabad on 2 January 2012.[33]

In 1993, AIMIM suffered a split, with a faction led by Amanullah Khan creating the Majlis Bachao Tehreek. As a result, AIMIM was reduced to a single Assembly seat in Andhra Pradesh in 1994.[34] They won 4 seats in 1999, and increased their total to 7 in 2009, where they have remained since then. They joined the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance in 2008, but left it in 2012.[35][36][37][38][39]

Maharashtra

The party won 2 seats at the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election.[40]

In 2018, AIMIM allied with Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi.[41][42] AIMIM and VBA contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra in alliance. Imtiyaz Jaleel won the Aurangabad seat, winning a seat for AIMIM outside Hyderabad for the first time ever. [original research?] Owaisi's AIMIM big scores in Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Election. The Party won 25 seats in Aurangabad, 10 in Amravati, 9 in Solapur, 7 in Malegaon, 4 in Dhule, 2 in Mumbai, 2 in Thane and 1 in Pune. The AIMIM Party won Total 60 Municipal corporators and 40 Municipal Councilors in Maharashtra.

Bihar

State president Akhtarul Iman[43] contested from Kishanganj in the 2019 Indian general election,[44] placing third. Later that year, Qamrul Hoda won the Bihar Legislative Assembly seat of the same name in a by-election.[45]

AIMIM contested the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as part of the Grand Democratic Secular Front. The party won 5 seats in the Seemanchal region,[46] with Iman winning from Amour.[47][48][49][50]

Uttar Pradesh

AIMIM will fight 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election[51] in alliance of Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha[52][53] Party president has announced to fight on 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh.[54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61]

Ideology

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.[62]

During a 2015 speech party chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed, “Islam is the 'real home' of all religions in the world and hence the real 'home coming' will be when people of other religions embrace it,” Owaisi later went on to claim that, “All are born as Muslim and are later converted to other religions."[63]

Electoral performance

General elections

Lok Sabha
Election year Overall votes % of
overall vote 		Seats contested Seats won +/– in seats
1989 403625 0.21% 1 1 1 Increase
1991 454823 0.16% 1 1 Steady
1996 340,070 0.1% 1 1 Steady
1998 485785 0.13% 1 1 Steady
1999 448,165 0.12% 1 1 Steady
2004 378,854 0.1% 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% 3 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.[64][65][66][67][68] The AIMIM selected Alampally Pochiah as its First Mayor in the City.[69] MIM had three Hindu Hyderabad mayors- K. Prakash Rao, A. Satyanarayana and Alampalli Pochaiah.[70] 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.[71]

Aurangabad Municipal Corporation AIMIM fielded 12 non-Muslim candidates, mostly underprivileged Hindus referred to as Dalits. Of these 12, five non-Muslims — Sangeeta Waghule, Lata Nikhalge, Gangadhar Dhage, Sarita Borde and Vikas Edke won.[citation needed]

Controversies

In 2007, floor leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AlMIM) in the Telangana Assembly, Akbaruddin Owaisi threatended to kill the writer Taslima Nasreen[16] should she ever visit Hyderabad again.[72] Nasreen was later attacked during a booklaunch for the Telugu translation of her novel Shodh.[73]

In February 2020, Police from India's Kalaburagi,Karnataka region charged party leader Waris Pathan for alledged hate speech. In the speech Pathon alledgedly expressed Anti-Hindu sentiment by positing, "To those saying we have only put our women at the forefront of the protest against the CAA, NRC and NPR, only our lionesses have come out till now and you are already sweating. Imagine what will happen if we all men came together. We are 15 crore, which can outweigh their 100 crore". Waris later apologised for the comments via Twitter while the party's president Asaduddin Owaisi advised him not to make provocative remarks in public.[17]

In August 2021, Muralidhar Rao of India's Bharatiya Janata Party accused AIMIM of openly declaring their support for the Taliban claiming, “This (state) government is aligned with the AIMIM. The Majlis Party has openly declared support and acceptance of Taliban. It’s not just AIMIM, but even the TRS which has aligned with AIMIM. We’ll have negative consequences in coming days on account of that.”[74]

In October 2021, the AIMIM party's president, Asaduddin Owaisi claimed that, "Muslims have been cheated in the name secularism" and alledged the legal system in Uttar Pradesh was biased against Muslims.[18]

Philanthropy

AIMIM donated relief worth ₹ 78.75 lakh for Uttarakhand flood victims in 2013.[75][76]

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.[77]

AIMIM donated over ₹ 5 crores aid to the 2017 Bihar flood victims in August 2017.[78]

During the 2018 Floods in Kerala State, AIMIM donated ₹ 1.6 Crores and medicines worth ₹ 50 lakh to the flood relief fund.[79][80]

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.[81]

Leadership

Post Name
National President Asaduddin Owaisi[82]
General Secretary Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
National Spokesperson Waris Pathan[83]
National Spokesperson Asim Waqar[84]
Telangana Assembly Floor Leader Akbaruddin Owaisi[85]
Karnataka President Usman Ghani Humnabad[86]
Tamil Nadu President Abdul Rahim Khan
Gujarat President Sabirbhai Kabuliwala[87]
Maharashtra President Imtiyaz Jaleel[88]
Jharkhand President Mohammad Shakir
Bihar President Akhtarul Iman
Delhi President Kaleemul Hafeez
Uttar Pradesh President Shaukat Ali[89]
Uttrakhand President Nayyer Kazmi[90]

See also

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