MIM should focus on the development of Old City, not on attacking Congress: Sameer

Hyderabad, July 17: Hyderabad DCC President Sameer Waliullah has strongly criticized MIM MLC Rahmat Baig for his threats against TPCC President Revanth Reddy. Baig had threatened to attack Revanth Reddy’s convoy after he referred to AIMIM as a B-team of the BJP.

Sameer Waliullah condemned Rahmat Baig’s disrespectful behaviour, stating that Baig had stooped to the level of a rowdy by resorting to physical threats. He assured that Congress workers were capable of giving a fitting response if MIM workers engaged in such cheap tactics. However, Sameer Waliullah clarified that the Congress party does not endorse politics based on violence and intimidation.

He clarified that the Congress party has never formed an alliance with the BJP for the sake of positions or power. He pointed out that Baig was attempting to target the entire Congress party by highlighting an isolated incident from 2020 when some Congress councillors formed an understanding with the BJP to seize the posts of municipal Chairman and Vice-Chairman from the BRS. He emphasized that the BRS and BJP had alliances in several municipalities to keep the Congress party out of power. “Why did AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi continue his alliance with the BRS and did not ask Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao to sever his ties with the BJP in those municipalities? Further, MIM never objected to the BRS supporting the BJP Govt at the Centre on several important issues like CAA, NRC, Triple Talaq Bill or in the elections of President and Vice-President,” he said.

Referring to Rahmat Baig as immature, The Congress leader stated that the MIM MLC lacked the stature to speak about the TPCC President. He argued that instead of targeting the Congress party, the MIM should first explain what it has done for the development of the Old City. Sameer Waliullah highlighted issues such as declining literacy rates, high unemployment rates, and the lack of basic civic amenities in the Old City. He mentioned that the only public hospital available, Osmani General Hospital, faced funding shortages, forcing people to spend their hard-earned money on private hospitals, which interestingly, were run by AIMIM leaders.

Sameer Waliullah challenged Baig to explain how many poor families in the Old City had received double-bedroom houses provided by the State Government. He alleged that a large number of poor families in the Old City lived in slums without proper facilities and were trapped under private financiers.

He criticized Baig for attempting to divert attention from public issues by targeting the TPCC President and demanded an explanation as to why the MIM had failed to secure Metro Rail connectivity for the Old City in the past nine years, despite claims of being an ally of the BRS and Asaduddin Owaisi’s control over the BRS.

Sameer Waliullah warned MIM leaders to be cautious when speaking about the Congress party and its leaders, asserting that they were fully capable of delivering a fitting response in the same language and tone. (Maxim News)

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