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TRS in a bind over MIM’s ugly act
The Majlis party, along with Congress even shared power in the GHMC after the 2009 elections. Though the TRS and MIM are on friendly terms with each other, they fought the GHMC elections separately.
OLD CITY VIOLENCE
Hyderabad: The ruling TRS party is facing a predicament over the MIM leaders being involved in clashes in the Old City during the GHMC polls. The MIM, which had been allying with the Congress from the beginning, shifted its loyalty to the ruling party after the TRS came to power in the newly-formed Telangana State in 2014 elections.
The Majlis party, along with Congress even shared power in the GHMC after the 2009 elections. Though the TRS and MIM are on friendly terms with each other, they fought the GHMC elections separately. While the TRS fielded its nominees in all the 150 divisions, the MIM confined itself to contest on in 66 divisions, mostly in the minority-dominated Old City.
It was speculated that the TRS and MIM would enter into pact in case the former fell short of majority in the GHMC council and share the power. But the MIM got the shock with the TRS getting absolute majority.
The sudden turn of events during the GHMC polls, especially the flare-up in the Old City, involving the MIM leaders in the alleged assault on TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy and Congress leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council Md Shabbir Ali and also subsequent attack on the house of TRS Deputy Chief Minister Mahmood Ali and assault on his son, put the TRS in a piquant situation as far as its relations with the MIM is concerned.
While all the Opposition parties were united in condemning the assault on the Congress leaders and demanded stern action against the MIM leaders, including arrest of the party’s MP Asaduddin Owaisi and his brother and MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, the TRS surprisingly adopted a nonchalant attitude despite attack on the Deputy Chief Minister’s house and his son.
Meanwhile, there is a concern over the government soft-pedaling the acts of violence by the MIM. There is a widespread criticism over the police booking cases against the Congress leaders though they were the victims of violence by the MIM, according to be observers. Now with the TRS being in saddle comfortably in the GHMC, the government is expected to take a tough action against perpetrators of violence.
