Kiran-Owaisi rift widens
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The gulf between the ruling Congress, in particular, Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, and the Owaisi brothers of the MIM is widening. The recent broadside by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, against the state’s failure to contain communal violence, is said to be a reflection of the growing differences between the MIM and the CM.
The MIM is providing crucial support to the Congress government, which is in a precarious position in the numbers game in the Assembly. The government will slip into a minority if five of its members quit, and in such an event, a formal letter of support from the seven-member MIM becomes crucial for its survival.
Though both sides were ill at ease for some time, the recent communal violence in Sangareddy and the CM’s reaction to the complaints by a leaders of Muslim organisations, led by the MIM, came as a shock.
Sources told this newspaper that the CM had totally backed the local MLA, Jagga Reddy, whom the Muslim organisations had held responsible for attacks against their community. The party also objected to the inordinate delay sanctioning relief to victims of the Adoni communal violence in September 2011.
Sources said the MIM cautioned the ruling party against the BJP emerging as a dark horse in the Mahbubnagar bypolls. “The over-confidence of the leaders who matter in the Congress party was stunning. They argued that Mahbubnagar is the only place where the Congress is confident of a win,” an MIM leader.
The MIM leader added that the BJP victory has vindicated the party’s stand that the BJP would gain if Telangana state is formed.
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