Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri

Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri is current MLA from Yakutpura (Assembly constituency),[2] from AIMIM. Quadri was the trusted mentor and close friend of late Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi. Quadri won from Charminar in 2004 and was able to retain it in 2009, 2014 and 2018 assembly elections. Quadri is General secretary of AIMIM.

Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri
Syed in 2018
General Secretary of All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen
Assumed office
2008
Preceded bySultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byMumtaz Ahmed Khan
ConstituencyYakutpura
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2004 - 2018
Preceded byAsaduddin Owaisi
ConstituencyCharminar
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
ParentSyed Murtaza Pasha Quadri[1]
OccupationPolitician

Controversy

In 2013 cases were registered against him for making hate speeches against Mahatma Gandhi.[3] He said "The Nizams built the state assembly building in Hyderabad, but see what has happened. They have installed a statue of Mahatma Gandhi there. Who constructed it and who has been installed there," .He said "We have built all significant structures in India, What have you done?, We constructed Red Fort, Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Mecca Masjid and Charminar. What have you constructed in Hindustan?”[4]

References
  1. "Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri". My Neta. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. "Case against MIM MLA Pasha Quadri | Hyderabad News - Times of India".
  3. "Complaint Against MIM MLA for Remarks on Gandhi's Statue". Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. "MIM leader in trouble over remarks on Mahatma Gandhi". Retrieved 28 March 2020.


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