Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen President Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday warned the Centre against any change in the status of Hyderabad.
Addressing a press conference at MIM Headquarters Darulsalaam here, Asaduddin Owaisi said that the Hyderabad should be the capital after formation of Telangana State, without any conditions. Strongly opposition the proposal to make Hyderabad a Union Territory, he said that such a move would be miscarriage of justice. Further, he also opposed the possibilities of Centre handling the law and order issue in Hyderabad. Demanding that the Telangana Government be given control over Hyderabad, he said that any deviation would make the City Police Commissioner more powerful than the Chief Minister of Telangana.
Asaduddin Owaisi said that the MIM has made these submissions before the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana. He also opposed the proposal of Hyderabad as the join capital of both the States. Instead, one mandal (Khairtabad) of Hyderabad can be made the common working area for both the States. He said unlike Chandigarh, Hyderabad could not serve as the common capital due to geographical limitations. He also reiterated the demand for Rayala-Telangana by including Anantapur and Kurnool in Telangana State. This would also resolve the possible disputes over sharing of water. However, he said that the possibility of Rayala-Telangana is very remote.
The MIM President feared that the division of State would hurt the interest of Muslims in the State. He said that Sangh Parival and other communal forces would gain strength after the bifurcation of State. He said that his party was concerned about the Muslims, Dalits and other weaker sections in both the regions. He demanded that reservation and other benefits should continue after the bifurcation and Urdu language be made the first official language along with Telugu in Telangana State.
Asaduddin Owaisi also demanded that steps should be taken to provide protection to the people of Seemandhra living in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana region.
MIM MLC Syed Aminul Hasan Jaffri was also present in the press conference.