Owaisi, who had earlier expressed his annoyance after being left out of the All Party Meeting by the Centre, was later invited to join the meeting by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Kishan Reddy, who is also the BJP’s Telangana unit President, along with party MPs, MLAs and other leaders, staged the protest at Ambedkar statue near Tank Bund in the heart of the city.
The meeting will be held at the AIMIM headquarters in Darussalam between 7 pm and 10 pm, and will be led by AIMPLB President Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani.
The petitioners contended that the Bill was discriminatory towards the Muslim community as it imposes restrictions that are not present in the governance of other religious endowments.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi spoke on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 and said that the BJP does not have a majority in the Lok Sabha, and if Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar oppose it, it won't be passed.
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for his statement blaming a Bollywood movie “Chhava” for the riots that broke out at Nagpur a few days ago.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has lashed out at the Modi government, saying that the Prime Minister was sending mixed signals while sending 'chadar' to Ajmer Sharif even when Sangh Parivar sympathisers were demanding excavations at the dargah.
He further slammed the BJP and its ideological mentor RSS, alleging all this was being done on their directions.
The AIMIM chief said the move would destroy federalism and weaken democracy.
The Congress has fielded Mohammad Waliullah Sameer, while the BRS fielded Gaddam Srinivas Yadav.
