candidate from Hindu OBC, V.Bhanumathi, who won election against Hajira Sultana from Congress by 1,282 votes. Aurangabad Municipal Corporation AIMIM fielded 12 non-Muslim candidates, mostly underprivileged Hindus referred to as Dalits. Of these 12, five non-Muslims — Sangeeta Waghule, Lata Nikhalge, Gangadhar Dhage, Sarita Borde and Vikas Edke won. AIMIM has announced 19 Hindus candidates in various assembly seats in 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, with Pandit Manmohan Jha Gama being the first one. Controversies Multiple members of the party have been accused of inciting violence, fear mongering and hate speech. In 2007, the floor leader of the party in the Telangana Assembly, Akbaruddin Owaisi, threatened to kill the writer Taslima Nasreen should she ever visit Hyderabad again. Nasreen was later attacked during a book launch for the Telugu translation of her novel Shodh. In February 2020, Police from India's Kalaburagi, Karnataka region charged party leader Waris Pathan for alleged hate speech. In the speech Pathon allegedly expressed Anti-Hindu sentiment by positing, "To those saying we have only put our women at the forefront of the protest against the CAA, NRC and NPR, only our lionesses have come out till now and you are already sweating. Imagine what will happen if we all men came together. We are 15 crore, which can outweigh their 100 crore". Waris later apologised for the comments via Twitter while the party's president Asaduddin Owaisi advised him not to make provocative remarks in public. Philanthropy AIMIM donated relief worth 78.75 lakh for Uttarakhand flood victims in 2013. AIMIM donated over 5 crores aid to the 2017 Bihar flood victims in August 2017. During the 2018 floods in Kerala, AIMIM donated 16 Lakh rupees and 10 Lakh rupees worth medicines. During the 2020 Delhi riots, AIMIM organized two medical relief camps in Delhi and donated medicines worth 40 Lakhs. Asaduddin Owaisi announced that all elected representatives of AIMIM will donate one month of their salary for those affected by the Delhi riots. See also Politics of India Notes References External links Political parties in Telangana Political parties established in 1927 Islamic political parties in India 1927 establishments in India Politics of Hyderabad, India