All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen
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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen (All India Council of the Union of Muslims) is an Islamic political party in India. The stronghold of AIMIM is the old city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2004 the party won one seat (Hyderabad). That seat has been held since 1984 by the AIMIM. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AIMIM received 132807 votes (74,6%) in the Charminar area (i.e. the Muslim old city, one of seven assembly constituencies in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency). 1984-2004 the MP of AIMIM was party president Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, but ahead of the 2004 elections Owaisi stepped down and his son Asaduddin Owaisi.
In the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections of 2004 AIMIM had launched seven candidates, out of whom four got elected.
AIMIM has 36 seats (out of 100) in the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.
The party has roots back to the days of the princely state of Hyderabad. It was founded by Bahadur Yar Jung in 1927 as a pro-Nizam party. The Majlis advocated the set-up of a muslim dominion rather that integration with India. The Razakars (volunteers), a muslim paramilitary organization, was linked to the Majlis. In total up to 150 000 Razakar soldiers were mobilized to fight against the communists and for the independence of the Hyderabad state against Indian integration. After the integration of the Hyderabad state with India, the Majlis was banned in 1948. The Majlis president and Razakar leader Qasim Ravzi was jailed 1948-1957, and then deported to Pakistan.
In 1957 the Majlis was reorganized. In the 1970s the Majlis made a political comeback. The AIMIM of today try to distance themselves from the organization of the Nizam days. The constitution of the Majlis today recognize Hyderabad as a part of India, and the name has been changed ("All India" was added) so that there should be no confusion on the position of the Majlis on the national issue.
A break-away group that initially caused much problems for AIMIM during the 1990s is the Majlis Bachao Tehreek.
September 13 2001 the AIMIM leader in the Andhra Pradesh assembly tried to stall a motion condemning the September 11 attacks. sv:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimenes:All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen
In the legislative assembly elections in Maharashtra 1999, AIMIM put up one candidate in Nanded who got 1 039 votes (0,61%).
External links
- Article in the Hindu on AIMIM (http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/04/27/stories/2003042700081500.htm)
- Andhra Pradesh legislative election result 2004 (http://www.eci.gov.in/March2004/pollupd/ac/candlwc/S01/S01AIMIMAcnst.htm#S01)
- Lok Sabha election results 2004 (http://www.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/parties/AIMIMcontest.htm#S01)