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Telangana crisis: Hong Kong model for Hyderabad may work HYDERABAD: Hyderabads MP Assaduddin Owaisi is a much sought-after man by protagonists of united Andhra. Owaisi may be not able to stem the Telangana movement but can help to keep Hyderabad away from Telangana. When the Telangana elected reps put in their papers, Owaisi along with the MLAs of his party, MIM, kept away. He also called on the CM to assure that his party was against Telangana. At the same time, AICC observer Ghulam Nabi Azad is believed to the have told Congressmen handing in their resignations that no call on Telangana was possible without consulting Muslims. As much as 35% of Hyderabads population comprises Muslims, and the MIM has a vice-like grip on the community in the old city with seven MLAs . The MIM disfavours Telangana, but the larger Muslim sentiment in the city is in favour of a separate state, says Zaheer Ali Khan, managing editor of Urdu paper, Siasat. Muslim professionals concur. We are a higher percent of population of Telangana than in Andhra. Thus Muslims will have a louder voice in Telangana, said a Muslim lawyer. MIM may win elections but is not the vox populi. Organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami Hind have held rallies for Telangana in Hyderabad, says K T Rama Rao, TRS leader. But Owaisis standard argument has been that BJP will become a factor and Hindutva forces will raise their head. Muslims would also react, and a communal situation will prevail perpetually, Owaisi said. Back |
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