All India Majlis-e-ittehadul Muslimeen

SC to hear plea to extend Sept 1 deadline for Bihar SIR claim filing

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on September 1 pleas of the RJD and AIMIM seeking extension of deadline for filing of claims and objections in the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. The deadline for filing claims and objections is also September 1. A bench of Justices Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi said it will hear the applications of the political parties on Monday after advocate Prashant Bhushan and senior advocate Shoeb Alam, appearing for the Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD), said that several of them have filed applications for extension of deadlines. Advocate Nizam Pasha, appearing for the AIMIM, said time needs to be extended due to large scale filing of claims and objections. "The number of claims filed are exponentially rising. The deadline needs to be extended," Alam told the bench. Pasha submitted that 80,000 claims were filed before the August 22 order while post the order 95,000 claims have been filed. "We are ..

Waqf Amendment Act: How Article 26 emerged as a key legal flashpoint in SC

Article 26 of the Constitution took centre stage as the Supreme Court began hearing petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, with Kapil Sibal leading arguments in court

SC flags issue with undoing 'waqf by user'; says old mosques lack deeds

Supreme Court begins hearing on Waqf Act pleas, says undoing 'waqf by user' problematic as many old masjids have no sale deeds; asks Centre to clarify removal of key provision

'Muslims welcome it, you must see it': Rijiju on Waqf Bill. Top quotes

The Centre introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in Parliament today amid protests from Muslim organisations, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board

'PM Modi stopped Waqf takeover of Parliament, airport lands': Kiren Rijiju

The Centre introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in Parliament today, amid protests from Muslim organisations, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)

Waqf Bill up for debate in the Lok Sabha today: All you need to know

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, proposes key changes to waqf property management, sparking protests from Muslim organisations and opposition parties over concerns of government control

Delhi HC upholds order against plea to de-register AIMIM as political party

The Delhi High Court has upheld a decision against a plea seeking deregistration of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM by the Election Commission of India. In a judgement passed on January 16, a bench of former acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela agreed with the decision of the single judge. The division bench therefore dismissed an appeal by one Tirupati Narasimha Murari. "The single judge had accordingly held that ECI does not have the powers to deregister AIMIM on the grounds as set out by the appellant in the said petition. We concur with the said view. In view of the above, the appeal is unmerited," it held. Challenging the registration of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musalimeen (AIMIM) and saying as a political party, its constitution intended to further the cause only of one religious community -- Muslims, the plea alleged it was against the principles of secularism which every political party must adhere to under the Constitution and the Representati

AIMIM may field 2020 riots accused Shahrukh Pathan in Delhi Assembly polls

However, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has not made any decision on Pathan's candidacy yet

Delhi polls: AIMIM fields 2020 riots accused Tahir Hussain from Mustafabad

Tahir Hussain began his political career as a member of the AAP, where he served as a councillor in the East Delhi Municipal Corporation, but was expelled from the party following the 2020 Delhi riots

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi calls for protest against Waqf Ammendment Bill

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Waqf Act provides for the renaming of the Waqf Act, 1995, as the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act, 1995

AIMPLB meets UP CM for removal of order on unrecognised madrassa students

A delegation of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday and demanded the withdrawal of a government order that directed the shifting of all students in unrecognised madrassas to state-run schools. Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, who was present in the meeting at the chief minister's official residence, told PTI that the delegation was led by the board's general secretary Maulana Fazlur Rahman Mujaddidi. The delegation lodged an objection to the notice issued by the state government to 8,449 madrassas in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of which the district administration is ordering these madrassas to admit children studying there to schools for basic education. The delegation termed the order issued by the then Chief Secretary of the state Durga Shankar Mishra on June 26 as against the Constitution which has given minorities the right to establish and run educational institutions of their choice. Similarly, ...

Owaisi's 'Jai Palestine' slogan: India's Israel-Palestine policy explained

AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday concluded his oath-taking in the Lok Sabha with 'Jai Palestine' slogan, drawing objections. A look at how India's Palestine policy has changed over the years

AIMIM may field more candidates from Seemanchal region of Bihar in LS polls

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to field more candidates from the Seemanchal region of Bihar in the upcoming general elections, party supremo Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday. The AIMIM is also planning to field candidates in two or three seats in Jharkhand in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, he said. "We are planning to field candidates on more parliamentary seats from the Seemanchal region of Bihar in the coming Lok Sabha polls. In the last Lok Sabha polls, we contested one seat only in this regionand that was Kishanganj", Owaisi told reporters here. "This timeapart from Kishanganjwe are planning to field our candidates on three more seats. The final decision will be taken very soon. Besides, I met a delegation of our party leaders from Jharkhand alsowe are also considering to field our candidates on two three seats in the tribal state also in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls", said the AIMIM chief, who is on a three-day tour of Seemanchal region of Bihar, which

Telangana polls: Asaduddin Owaisi begins door-to-door campaign in Hyderabad

Asaduddin Owaisi started his campaign in the greater Hyderabad region ahead of the assembly polls in Telangana, scheduled on November 30.

BJP to face defeat in Telangana poll, give credit to AIMIM for that: Owaisi

The AIMIM chief said that if the regional parties come together, BJP can be defeated

Gujarat polls: AIMIM seeks to cement 2021 civic elections gains in Godhra

After an impressive show in last year's civic body polls in Godhra, a communally-sensitive town in Gujarat, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM is now trying to build upon those gains in this Assembly seat in the upcoming state elections, banking on the minority base and division of votes of other candidates. The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had won seven seats in the Godhra Municipal Council (GMC) polls last year and even tied up with independents to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its ideological foe, out of power. Independent candidate Sanjay Soni became the chairman of the GMC with the support of the AIMIM in February 2021, but severed ties with it in November that year after getting the support of the BJP which has 18 members in the 44-member house. In the upcoming Assembly polls, the AIMIM is making efforts to cement its position further, and aims to win the Godhra seat, currently held by the BJP. Godhra town in Panchmahal district in eastern Gujarat has h

Shiv Sena split unfortunate, but Muslims won't used as punching bag: AIMIM

All India Majalis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Imtiaz Jaleel said while the division in the Shiv Sena was "unfortunate", the positive thing for the Muslim community is that it will no longer be used as a "punching bag" by that party as well as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In the tug-of-war between the two Sena factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would need Muslim votes, he said. Jaleel, who is AIMIM's MP from Aurangabad, made these statements while speaking to a Marathi News channel. "Shiv Sena was formed for the rights of Marathi people. Split in the party is unfortunate. I am also a Marathi although my party is different. I have nothing to do with Eknath Shinde or Uddhav Thackeray. But the BJP succeeded in splitting the Marathi people, which no one could do," he said. "But Muslims will no more be a punching bag here and this is a positive thing for Muslims. Earlier, BJP and Shiv Sena used Muslims as a punching bag...we see their earlier

AIMIM will contest all seats in future polls in UP, says state party chief

UP AIMIM president Shaukat Ali said that the party will contest all the seats in future elections in the state, while also claiming that many SP leaders will join in the future

AIMIM prez Owaisi declares three candidates for Gujarat Assembly polls

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday evening declared his party's candidates for three seats for the coming Assembly elections in Gujarat. Elections in the BJP-ruled state, yet to be announced, are expected to be held by December. Sabir Kabliwala, president of the state unit of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, would contest from Jamalpur-Khadia in Ahmedabad, Owaisi announced while addressing a gathering in Juhapura area here. The party's Dalit face Kaushika Parmar will contest from Danilimda (SC) seat of Ahmedabad, while Wasim Qureshi will contest from Surat-East. Jamalpur-Khadia and Danilimda seats are currently held by Congress while Surat-East is with the ruling BJP. In 2012, Kabliwala, a former Congressman, had contested from Jamalpur-Khadia, which has nearly 60 per cent Muslim population, as an Independent after he was denied ticket by the Congress. Due to a possible division of votes between Kabliwala and Congress's Samirkhan Pathan, BJP's Bhushan Bhatt .

BJP remains a complaining ally, but cannot do without Nitish Kumar

The number of MLAs in the ruling coalition is 127 -- BJP: 77, JD(U): 45, HAM (Secular): 4, and Vikassheel Insaan Party: 1. Also, it has the support of one independent MLA, who is a minister