Asaduddin Owaisi forms AIMIM legal team to help Hyderabad voters in electoral revision

On Wednesday, Hyderabad Member of Parliament Asaduddin Owaisi announced that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has formed a legal team to assist citizens during the special intensive revision of electoral rolls. Speaking at the party headquarters in Darussalaam, Hyderabad, Owaisi asserted that poor and undocumented individuals must not be excluded from the voter lists, regardless of their religion.

Owaisi emphasized that poverty and a lack of documentation should not be grounds for disenfranchising genuine electors. He stated that he could not accept a situation where a poor person is left out of the special intensive revision (SIR) process due to their financial standing or lack of papers.

"As a member of Parliament, and a soldier of my party, I cannot accept that a poor person owing to their poverty, and due to lack of documentation is not included in the SIR. Irrespective of to which religion that person belongs," Owaisi said during the event at Darussalaam.

The Hyderabad MP urged members of the public to complete the voter registration exercise without fail. He explained the process of filling out the enumeration forms and repeatedly appealed to electors to submit their completed forms to their respective booth level officers (BLOs) before the July 20 deadline.

To support the public, AIMIM has deployed a dedicated team of lawyers. This legal team is tasked with helping citizens navigate any official notices they might receive during the ongoing SIR process.

Owaisi warned that the exclusion of eligible voters from the final electoral roll could have serious consequences. He maintained that the Election Commission of India would forward names to the competent authority, which is the Union Home Ministry led by Amit Shah. He expressed concern that tribunals could be constituted, which could lead to people being asked to prove their citizenship.

Additionally, Owaisi noted that the Telangana government already possesses several datasets connected to the residents of the state. He expressed hope that the state government would seriously consider his request to issue permanent citizenship certificates to residents.