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Quaid Najmi

4 January 2025 at 3:26:24 pm

Educated Muslims being hounded: Owaisi

Mumbai: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has flayed what he termed as a ‘media trial’ in the alleged TCS Nashik conversion case and claimed that educated Muslims youth are being deliberately targeted as part of planned ‘hate campaign’, here on Saturday. Reiterating full faith in the judicial process, Owaisi said that justice cannot be handed out through media narratives or television debates and the law must be allowed to take its own course. “We are seeing a very dangerous trend… Now,...

Educated Muslims being hounded: Owaisi

Mumbai: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has flayed what he termed as a ‘media trial’ in the alleged TCS Nashik conversion case and claimed that educated Muslims youth are being deliberately targeted as part of planned ‘hate campaign’, here on Saturday. Reiterating full faith in the judicial process, Owaisi said that justice cannot be handed out through media narratives or television debates and the law must be allowed to take its own course. “We are seeing a very dangerous trend… Now, educated Muslims are being picked out for orchestrated allegations and media campaigns. This doesn’t augur well for society and justice itself with the media playing the role of the judge and jury,” said Owaisi sharply. Flanked by the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen state President Imtiaz Jaleel, Owaisi also emphatically said that it was wrong to link his party with the TCS case prime accused Nida Khan, “who will be ultimately proven innocent in the courts”. He expressed concerns over the slur campaign driven by malice and political motives against his party as well as Nida Khan in some sections of the media even before the investigations were completed or a judicial scrutiny. “Merely because some allegations have been hurled at a young woman professional, attempts are being made to paint her ‘guilty’ through media trials, even before judicial scrutiny. But, we have complete faith in the judiciary and are confident that the court will eventually exonerate her,” asserted Owaisi. Public Discourse Raising questions on the probe and accompanying public discourse with stress on the alleged recovery of certain ‘evidence’ from Nida Khan’s home, he sharply questioned: “Since when have a burqa, a niqab or religious literature become objectionable… Is wearing a hijab now regarded as evidence of a crime?” He said that these details along with baseless allegations are sensationalism in the media to create further prejudice against the minority community and reflected a deep-rooted hostility aimed at harassing educated Muslim men and women. Owaisi pointed out that a complaint in the TCS Nashik case was filed by a leader linked with the ruling party, and as per the software giant’s statement, Nida Khan was not with its HR Department and transferred even before the controversy erupted, contradicting several media reports. Of the nine cases lodged in the matter till date, in one case, she was accused of hurting religious sentiments, but nobody can comment on it before the court pronounces its verdict, he pointed out. Court Fight Dismissing attempts to drag and link the AIMIM into the row, he referred to a party Municipal Corporator Matin Patel who was booked merely on the basis of certain allegations and vowed to contest the matter in the court. Here Owaisi cited multiple examples of educated Muslims being scrutinised – including in Delhi when some educated youths were arrested for possessing a book by the legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib and they were later released. There was another one from Allahabad where some Muslim boys were targeted for writing an Urdu ‘sher’ (couplet) prompting judicial intervention, and predicted that even in the Nashik TCS case, the truth will ultimately prevail as no criminal charges against Nida Khan may stand. AIMIM to set up voter help-desks AIMIM President and Hyderabad MP, Asaduddin Owaisi said his party is developing a digital application containing electoral records of all 288 Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra for 2002-2024, to help voters in the SIR process. For this, the AIMIM will set up help desk centers in its strongholds to facilitate the process and ensure proper utilisation of voter data. Alleging discrepancies in electoral records, he said such errors create huge problems for the voters, especially the poor or illiterates. Owaisi mentioned how of the nearly 27 lakh names placed in the adjudication list in West Bengal, “90 pc were poor Muslims.” These centers would be open for all Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Dalits, Adivasis and the general public needing assistance with the electoral records.

Family Finance Diary

Most people work hard to create wealth. They invest in bank deposits, mutual funds, stocks, insurance policies, real estate, gold, bonds and other assets. But one important question is often ignored: does your family know about all this?


This question has become even more important today. Recently, our Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that Indian banks are holding around Rs. 78,000 crore of unclaimed deposits, insurance companies have nearly Rs. 14,000 crore lying unclaimed, mutual fund companies have around Rs. 3,000 crore, and dividends worth around Rs. 9,000 crore are also unclaimed. The government’s “Your Money, Your Right” initiative was launched to help citizens trace and claim such forgotten financial assets.


These numbers tell us something very important. Many families do not lose money because of bad investments. They lose access to money because investments are scattered, undocumented or unknown to the next generation.


Easy to Locate

Personal finance is not only about creating wealth. It is also about ensuring that your family can locate, understand and access that wealth when required.


Every family should maintain one proper financial book. Not just a password-protected file on a laptop. Not just a folder in email. Not just a WhatsApp message. Technology can fail. Phones can get locked. Passwords can be forgotten. Emails can become difficult to search. Excel sheets, links and soft copies can have multiple versions. During difficult times, the family should not be confused about which file is the latest and where to find what.


Hardcopy Book

A simple hardcopy book with proper pages, sections and annexures can become extremely useful. This book should give a bird’s eye view of your complete financial life.


It should mention your bank accounts, fixed deposits, mutual funds, demat accounts, insurance policies, loans, property details, gold holdings, important documents, nominations and advisor contacts. Wherever necessary, annexures can be attached for policy copies, account statements, property papers and other important records.


The idea is to create a clear roadmap for the family. They should know what exists, where it exists and whom to contact.


Liabilities, Nominations

Your family should also know about your liabilities. Home loans, business loans, credit card dues, personal loans or guarantees given should be clearly recorded. Wealth planning is incomplete without liability awareness.


Nominations must also be checked and updated across all investments. Many people assume that old nominations are still correct, but life changes. 


NRI Families

This becomes even more important when children live abroad. Many families today have NRI children who may not know which bank their parents use, where the property documents are kept, who the financial advisor is, or whether any old insurance policy exists.


In such situations, one well-maintained financial book can save the family from confusion, delays and unnecessary stress.


Regular Review

Finally, review this financial book once or twice a year. Updating it is as important as creating it.


A good financial plan should not only grow your money. It should also make sure that your family can find it, claim it and use it. Wealth should not become a mystery after you. It should become security, clarity and peace of mind for the people who matter most.


(The author is Chartered Accountant and CFA (USA). Financial advisor. Vies personal. He could be reached on 9833133605)


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