Asaduddin Owaisi

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Asaduddin Owaisi (May 13, 1969) is an Indian politician and a member of Lok Sabha, Lower House of the Parliament of India. He was born in Hyderabad.

Contents

1 Early life
2 Political Debut
3 Trivia
4 External links

Early life

He did schooling at Hyderabad Public School, and St. Mary's Junior College, Hyderabad. After having graduated from Osmania University (B.A., Nizam College), he took a Law degree [L.L.B. (Hons.)] from the University of London, England. He was later called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn.

Political Debut

Asaduddin made his political debut into the Lok Sabha from the constituency of Hyderabad by defeating his nearest rival Subhash Chandra Bose of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with a margin of 100,145 votes. He was also a member of the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly for ten years before becoming a member of parliament

It was the seventh straight victory of the All India Majlis-e Ittihad al-Muslimin (MIM) in the Hyderabad seat. The seat was previously occupied by his father and MIM supremo Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi , who decided to pass on the mantle of MIM leadership in favour of his eldest son, citing health concerns.

Trivia

The Party since then has been able to retain all the four State Seats of the State Assembly from the constituencies of Charminar, Yaqutpura, Chandrayangutta and Karwan and Asifnagar in the old city and new city as well as the Hyderabad Central Lok Sabha constituency.

External links

http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4091

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