32 Facts About Akbaruddin Owaisi

Akbaruddin Owaisi has presided over the Chandrayangutta assembly constituency from 1999, winning for the fifth term in 2018.

Akbaruddin Owaisi assumed the position of floor leader in 2004.

Akbaruddin Owaisi's assailants shot him in the abdomen, and he suffers from ongoing medical issues because the bullet is still lodged near his kidney which the doctors warned will affect his legs if removed.

Akbaruddin Owaisi stated that a "majority" of those killed in the riots were Muslims.

Akbaruddin Owaisi's speeches have drawn comparisons with other populist leaders and his speeches have incited violence on multiple occasions.

Akbaruddin Owaisi has been elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Chandrayangutta constituency on five consecutive occasions, in 1999,2004,2009,2014 and 2018.

Akbaruddin Owaisi served as a deputy to his elder brother Asaduddin Owaisi, who was leading the AIMIM in the House.

In 2004, Akbaruddin Owaisi became the floor leader of AIMIM in the Assembly upon Asaduddin's election to Lok Sabha from Hyderabad.

Akbaruddin Owaisi was re-elected in 2009 and lead the seven-member AIMIM in the House.

Akbaruddin Owaisi won his fourth consecutive victory in Assembly polls from Chandrayangutta assembly in 2014.

Akbaruddin Owaisi won his Fifth Consecutive victory in Assembly polls from Chandrayangutta Assembly in 2018.

Akbaruddin Owaisi established Salar-e-Millat Educational Trust which runs a chain of Akbaruddin Owaisi School of Excellence in Hyderabad.

Akbaruddin Owaisi provides free education to children in these schools.

Akbaruddin Owaisi said that if Rao had not died, he would have killed Rao with his own hands.

On 22 December 2012, Akbaruddin Owaisi addressed a rally of twenty to twenty-five thousand people in the Nirmal town of Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh.

Akbaruddin Owaisi said that 25 crore Muslims would need just 15 minutes without the police to show 100 crore Hindus who is more powerful.

Akbaruddin Owaisi referred to Ajmal Amir Kasab, one of the Pakistani terrorists of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, as a "child", and compared him with Narendra Modi.

Akbaruddin Owaisi said that if the Muslims of India united like the Muslims of Andhra Pradesh, Narendra Modi would soon be hanged.

Akbaruddin Owaisi threatened that if his words were not heard, "O India, destruction and ruin will be your fate".

Akbaruddin Owaisi threatened that India will witness a bloodshed which has not been seen in the last 1000 years.

Akbaruddin Owaisi dared Narendra Modi to come to Hyderabad, threatening by saying "we will show him then".

Akbaruddin Owaisi justified the Mumbai bombings of 1993 by saying they were a reaction to the demolition of Babri Masjid and atrocities on Muslims in India.

Akbaruddin Owaisi questioned the punishment handed out to the accused of the bombings, naming Tiger Memon as one of those punished.

Akbaruddin Owaisi compared the state of Muslims of India to the state of Muslims of the world.

Akbaruddin Owaisi said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the Vishva Hindu Parishad, and the Bharatiya Janata Party were poisonous snakes, and to "crush their heads" a stick is enough.

NDTV reported on 3 January that Akbaruddin Owaisi was getting treated for intestinal injuries he sustained when he was attacked over a land dispute in 2011.

An interrogation report from 2015 revealed that Akbaruddin Owaisi's speeches inspired his Jihadi mindset, prompting him to join the terrorist organisation.

On 28 December 2012, a petition was filed in a local court in Nampally of Hyderabad against Akbaruddin Owaisi for hurting the sentiments of Hindus, and for making inflammatory, derogatory and offensive remarks.

Akbaruddin Owaisi returned to Hyderabad on 7 January 2013 and was welcomed by his 7 MLA's and MIM leaders at the Hyderabad airport.

Akbaruddin Owaisi later drove to his house in the Banjara Hills area of the city.

Akbaruddin Owaisi petitioned the High Court of Andhra Pradesh to quash the cases filed against him in lower courts.

At the Gandhi Hospital, Akbaruddin Owaisi alleged that the doctors were trying to murder him by giving lethal injections.