INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Muslims in the 119-member Telangana Assembly has remained unchanged at eight after yesterday's election results
Seven members of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) were re-elected the from Muslim-majority constituencies in Hyderabad
Assembly.AIMIM leader Akbaruddin Owaisi was re-elected from Chandrayangutta constituency
The other newly elected legislators from his party are Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Charminar), Ahmed Pasha Quadri (Yakutpura), Jaffar Hussain
(Nampalli), Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala (Malakpet), Moazzam Khan (Bahadurpura) and Kausar Mohiuddin (Karwan).TRS' Mohammed Shakeel Aamir was
re-elected from Bodhan in the Nizamabad district
He was one of the two Muslim candidates of the ruling party and the only one outside the AIMIM strongholds.The Congress fielded seven
candidates including two outside Hyderabad but none could win
The Bharatiya Janata Party's both Muslim candidates and Telugu Desam Party's lone Muslim candidates all lost -- in seats held by AIMIM.
