Congress will emerge alternative to MIM in Old City: Uttam Kumar

• TPCC President N Uttam Kumar Reddy says ‘We have left the field to the Majlis on the assumption that the latter will serve people’
• ‘What we found is that the MIM has been exploiting the poor Muslims’

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N Uttam Kumar Reddy has said the Congress has emerged as an alternate to MIM in the Old City. Speaking at a public meeting at Khilwat Grounds in the Old City on Friday night, Uttam Kumar Reddy said “Let me admit that we never thought of venturing into these areas because of our strategic alliance with the MIM.

We had left those areas for MIM in the past on the assumption that it would serve the people. But, now we realised that instead of serving the people, the MIM leaders have been exploiting the poor Muslims for their personal gains. Shockingly, they aligned themselves with the BJP and other communal forces and started targeting the Congress which gave it all support at all stages. Their communal approach tarnished the image of the people of the Old City.”

The TPCC chief said the Congress had ventured into the Old City after conducting a thorough survey of needs and aspirations of people. It was not a mere political approach aimed at winning a few seats in GHMC elections. "We collected feedback from all the areas of Old City on the living conditions and difficulties being faced by people.

We were shocked to learn that several areas in Old City lacked access to basic civic amenities and is bereft of quality education and health. “Thousands of local residents joined Friday's road show held from Chandrayangutta, Falakn uma, Engine Bowli, Shalibanda, Aliabad, Lal Darwaza, Lad Bazar and they had patiently heard our speeches at Khilwat Grounds," he said.