On Telangana Formation Day activists and individuals recalled the role of Muslim organisations and their demand for separate statehood.
Mohammed Ziauddin Nayyar, president, Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat, pointed out that several members of the socio-religious organisation had immersed themselves in the movement. Some of them wrote poetry during the movement, he said, and pointed out that the organisation was also proactive during the Telangana Agitation of 1969.
“The Tameer-e-Millat was formed given the socio-economic conditions of the Muslim community in Independent India and Syed Khaleelullah Hussaini from this organisation was a tall leader. The then general secretary Mir Laiq Ali Khan was very active in the movement for a separate State. There were several members of Tameer-e-Millat who were imprisoned. There was Yusuf Rahamtullah who too was an important figure,” Mr Nayyar said.
