By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Hyderabad: Majlise Bachao Tehreek (MBT) has elected Dr. Khayam Khan as the new president of the party in a function of its party workers at Rahmat function hall near their headquarters at Chanchalguda.
The president post of the party was vacant for last two weeks after the sudden demise of Advocate Adam Malik due to heart attack on 12th July. Adam Malik was the president of the party for nearly past ten years after the death of party founder Amanullah Khan in 2002.
Newly elected MBT president Dr. Khayam Khan
Dr. Khayam Khan, a MBBS graduate from Kashmir University, is the eldest son of Amanullah Khan who founded Majlis Bacho Tehreek (Save Majlis Movement) in 1992 after breaking from Majlis-e-Itehadul Muslimeen allegedly due to soft stand of the party on Babri Masjid demolition and nepotism.
Amanullah Khan was the legislative assembly floor leader and the second most powerful leader in the MIM after Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, in 1990’s MIM suffered huge losses, after the broke up two MLAs was left with MIM and other two went with MBT.
In 1994 elections MIM bite off dust with MBT sweeping its two seats and MIM candidate Asaduddin Owaisi winning a narrow fight from Charminar; other seat of Asifnagar was lost to Congress between the vote divide where ironically both the parties fielded brother against another brother.
But in 1999 elections MIM gained back its lost spirit and ended the political run of MBT in assembly with retaining all the four lost seats, the shocker was 29 year old Akbaruddin Owaisi who defeated five time incumbent MLA Amanullah Khan from Chandrayangutta with 11,920 votes.
Dr. Khayam Khan made two powerful attempts to gain back his father’s seat in 2004 and 2009 but failed desolately, in 2004 Khayam Khan pulled 46,569 votes against 58,513 votes of Akbaruddin Owaisi, in last 2009 state elections Mr. Khan pulled 30,315 votes against 45,492 votes of Mr. Owaisi.
Other than Chandrayangutta constituency MBT in successive elections also concentrated in getting back Yakutpura constituency of old city into its fold, party even tried to make its mark at Hyderabad parliamentary constituency, in 2004 by fielding Majeedullah Khan younger brother of current president, who pulled just 47,560 votes, against 3,78,854 votes of MIM candidate Asadudiin Owaisi.
In 2009 party supported TDP candidate and Siasat Urdu daily editor Zahid Ali Khan who got 1,94,196 votes against 3,08,061votes of MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi.
MBT could gain only 1 seat in 2009 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Council elections compare to 43 seats of MIM, where Amanullah Khan’s youngest son Amjedullah Khan is representing Azampura division, presently becoming the only elected representative of the party.
The new president Dr. Khayam Khan has a rough task ahead of him to revive the party’s dying carder, as state elections are just months away. Party is currently back to square one giving all its concentration on Chandrayangutta constituency with Dr. Khyam Khan already started his election campaign to take on Akbaruddin Owaisi with the help of local and substantial Arab Yemini diaspora who got into a violent feud with current MLA.