Mahmood Ali (Indian politician) explained

Mohammed Mahmood Ali
Office:Cabinet Minister, Government of Telangana
2Blankname:Department and ministry
2Namedata:
  • Home.
  • Prisons.
  • Fire Services
Governor:E. S. L. Narasimhan
Tamilisai Soundararajan
Term End:4 December 2023
Predecessor:Nayani Narasimha Reddy
1Blankname:Chief Minister
1Namedata:K. Chandrasekhar Rao
2Blankname1:Chief Minister
2Namedata1:K. Chandrasekhar Rao
Governor1:E. S. L. Narasimhan
Term Start:13 December 2018
Term Start1:2 June 2014
Term End1:6 September 2018
Successor:Anumula Revanth Reddy
Predecessor1:Position Established
Birth Date:3 March 1952[1]
Birth Place:Hyderabad, Hyderabad State, India
Residence:Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Office3:Member of the Telangana Legislative Council
Term Start3:2010
Constituency3:Telangana
Spouse:Nasreen Fathima
Children:One Son (Md Azam Ali) and Two Daughters
Alma Mater:Osmania University
Party:Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Office1:Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana
Alongside1:T. Rajaiah
Kadiyam Srihari

Mohammed Mahmood Ali (born 2 March 1952[2]) is an Indian politician who was the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana from 2014 until 2018. The departments of the State Home Ministry, Prisons and Fire Services were allocated to him during the 2nd K. Chandrasekhar Rao ministry, and he held them from 2018-2023.[3] He is a member of Telangana Legislative Council.[4]

Early life

Ali was born in Hyderabad and lives in Azampura. He received his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Osmania University.[5] He later ventured in dairy farming business, in which he earned a lot of money.[6]

Political career

Ali was elected as a Member of Legislative Council of United Andhra Pradesh in 2010. He got into the Telangana movement in 2001 when K. Chandrashekar Rao launched the Telangana Rashtra Samithi now called the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and is considered one of the founding members of the party. After the creation of Telangana, he became a representative of the Telangana Legislative Council. He is the president of the BRS party's minority cell.

He is a close aide to Chandrashekar Rao, and has been with him since the start of the Telangana agitation movement.

After the formation of Telangana and the subsequent elections, he was handed the departments of Revenue, Stamps and Registrations, Relief and Rehabilitation, Urban Land Ceiling. He managed the same from 2014–2018.[7]

He was the second Home Minister of Telangana in the second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry, replacing Nayani Narasimha Reddy.[8] He also managed the departments of Prisons and Fire Services.

Deputy Chief Minister

On 2 June 2014, Ali was appointed the first ever Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana by Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao following the party victory in the state's Legislative Assembly election. He shared the post with T Rajaiah.

After the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, he shared the post with Kadiyam Srihari.

Personal life

He is married to Nasreen Fathima, and has a son and two daughters. Per his election affidavits, he owns a dairy farm, as well as a function hall named ‘Azam Function Hall’, both of which helped him earn a lot of money. In his 2018 election affidavits, Ali declared his movable assets at Rs 1.07 crore, a near 50% jump from his previous affidavit in 2013.[9] His immovable assets also doubled as they stood at Rs 2.2 crore. His wife’s movable assets tripled. Ali has specified that his major source of “income” was through dairy farm, salary as deputy chief minister and “rental” from function hall.

Controversies

In 2022, when he was the Home Minister of Telangana, he made a statement saying women wearing short clothes could lead to problems.[10]

In 2023, he slapped his personal security officer for not having a bouquet at hand, when Ali had stepped onto a stage to wish Minister for Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav on his birthday.[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legislative Assembly - Telangana-Legislature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407174903/https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/getMLCMemberDetails?memid=3&constid=21&orderby=1&termid=4 . 2024-04-07 . 2024-04-07 . Telangana Legislature.
  2. Web site: Legislative Assembly - Telangana-Legislature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407174903/https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/getMLCMemberDetails?memid=3&constid=21&orderby=1&termid=4 . 2024-04-07 . 2024-04-07 . Telangana Legislature.
  3. Web site: Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department . deviated . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602114748/https://fire.telangana.gov.in/WebSite/KetContact.aspx . 2023-06-02 . 2024-01-02 . fire.telangana.gov.in.
  4. Web site: Legislative Council - Telangana-Legislature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231212203354/https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/councilmemprofile . 2023-12-12 . 2024-04-07 . Telangana Legislature.
  5. News: 2018-12-14 . KCR loyalist only minister to take oath . The Times of India . live . 2024-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191228083939/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/kcr-loyalist-only-minister-to-take-oath/articleshow/67083979.cms . 2019-12-28 . 0971-8257.
  6. Web site: Moses . Ajay . 2019-03-20 . Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali's assets remain his animals . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190324152605/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/mar/20/minister-alis-assets-remain-his-animals-1953485.html . 2019-03-24 . 2024-01-01 . The New Indian Express.
  7. Web site: Council of Ministers . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142420/http://www.telangana.gov.in/Pages/CouncilofMinisters.aspx . 14 July 2014 . 14 July 2014 . telangana.gov.in.
  8. Web site: KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2 . 2 June 2014 . Deccan-Journal.
  9. Web site: 1. MOHD MAHMOOD ALI.pdf . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240407175820/https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Legislative%20Council%20Electoral%20Rolls/AFFIDAVITS%20OF%20CANDIDATES%20OF%20BIENNIAL%20ELECTIONS%20TO%20COUNCIL%20BY%20MLAs/1.%20MOHD%20MAHMOOD%20ALI.pdf . 2024-04-07 . 2024-04-07 . CEO, Telangana.
  10. Web site: Scroll Staff . 2023-06-18 . Women wearing short clothes could lead to problems, says Telangana home minister . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230623011415/https://scroll.in/latest/1051107/women-wearing-short-clothes-could-lead-to-problems-says-telangana-home-minister . 2023-06-23 . 2024-01-02 . Scroll.in . en-US.
  11. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2023-10-06 . Telangana Home Minister Mahmood Ali slaps personal security officer; caught on tape . en-IN . The Hindu . live . 2024-01-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231011225153/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-home-minister-mahmood-ali-slaps-personal-security-officer-caught-on-tape/article67387838.ece . 2023-10-11 . 0971-751X.