The Charminar city may be plagued by bad roads and irregular supply of drinking water even though the Owaisi family led Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen party, which does not even have a manifesto, has been triumphant this Lok Sabha seat since 1984 banking on Muslim votes.
Late Sultan Salahuddin was the first Owaisi to win as an Independent in 1984 notwithstanding a strong wave in favour of Telugu Desam Party.
Salahuddin, dotingly called Salar, was the MP from here for six consecutive terms till 1999 before he passed on the mantle to his younger son Asaduddin Owaisi, who maintained the winning streak in 2004,2009 and is at this time seeking a third term.
BJP, which has been vainly trying to break the MIM mainstay for three decades now, this time, the RSS man Bhagwanth Rao has fielded with the support of TDP. Being the leader of Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti, Rao is known as a religious but moderate person having amiable interaction with all communities.
YSR Congress has put up B Sainath Reddy while Congress has fielded S Krishna Reddy.
Majlis Bachao Tehreek, founded by former MIM member Md Amanullah Khan,has put up Syed Mustafa Mahmood.
As per analysts, Muslim voters, account for about 65% of the total electorate here, have been the USP of MIM. Consolidation of Muslim votes is the main reason for MIMs continued success in Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency, said an analyst, adding this has been ensuring victory of the Owaisis despite the constituency remaining under-developed over the years.
In the past five years, Asad got 130 development works sanctioned under the MPs Local Area Development Scheme but more than 100 of them still remain incomplete. Bad roads and drains and erratic supply of drinking water are the biggest problems bothering people in the constituency.
The MP (Asad) talks of my vision for Hyderabad where there is no shortage of drinking water. My vision is of a Hyderabad with no power cuts and no drinking water scarcity. Hyderabad should become the focus of all development activity as it is the engine that drives growth in Telangana (post-bifurcation).
Contrasting other parties, MIM does not promise anything to the voters. It doesn’t have a manifesto but purely banks on its vote bank. Asad emphasizes that we have taken care of education and healthcare besides financial needs of minorities.