National Integration Day: AIMIM to observe September 17 with bike rally, public meeting
The party is observing this day on a grand level eyeing the approaching elections to the Telangana State Assembly. Hangings, banners, and cutouts have been erected on both sides of the rally’s route.
By Newsmeter Network Published on 14 Sep 2023 3:30 AM GMT
Hyderabad: All India Majlis Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM), which emerged in parallel with the merger of the princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union, has decided to commemorate this year’s National Integration Day on September 17. The party has decided to organise a Tiranga Bike Rally and hold a public meeting.
According to Syed Jafar Husain Meraj, MLA Nampally, a bike rally will start from Dargah Yousufain, Nampally in Hyderabad at 2 pm on September 17 and culminate in a public meeting at Hockey Ground at Masab Tank.
He claimed that thousands of party workers and sympathisers would participate in the rally with national flags. The public meeting will be addressed by Akbaruddin Owaisi, the party’s haranguer MLA of Chandrayangutta, and party president Asaduddin Owaisi.
The party is observing this day on a grand level eyeing the approaching elections to the Telangana State Assembly. Hangings, banners, and cutouts have been erected on both sides of the rally’s route. Party workers were instructed to make the rally a grand success.
BRS, AIMIM oppose BJP’s naming of September 17
September 17 marks the integration of the former princely state of Hyderabad into the Indian Union. Last year, for the first time, the MIM celebrated September 17 by calling it National Integration Day. Then too they had organised programmes to commemorate the occasion. Asaduddin Owaisi also wrote to minister Amit Shah and to chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, urging them to celebrate September 17 as the ‘day of national integration’ instead of the ‘day of liberation’.
In 2022, the Telangana government too had organised three-day celebrations across the state on September 17. The TRS (now BRS) government had also called it National Integration Day. However, the BJP government at the Centre had always termed September 17 as Hyderabad Liberation Day, countering both state parties. Union Minister Amit Shah had visited Hyderabad and participated in the party celebrations to drive home the message.
The BRS and the AIMIM have continued to call September 17 National Integration Day even this year, countering BJP’s narrative and in view of the approaching Telangana State elections.
