Mohammad Majid Hussain

Mohammed Majid Hussain is a politician and the former Mayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[1] He belongs to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen party.

Mohammed Majid Hussain
Mayor of Hyderabad
In office
2012 -2015
Preceded byBanda Karthika Reddy
Succeeded byBonthu Ram Mohan
ConstituencyAhmed Nagar (First-Lancer)
Personal details
BornHyderabad, Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Children2
ResidenceHyderabad, Telangana, India
Alma materOsmania University
WebsiteMohammad Majid Hussain on Facebook

Early life

Majid Hussain worked as an Executive with HSBC, migration and credit card division. After working for almost five years with the MNC, he left his cozy job and plunged into active politics. The 1980-born Hussain's schooling was at St Theresa's School, Humayun Nagar and Intermediate at Sultan Uloom College, Banjara Hills. After Inter, he enrolled for BCA at Anwar Uloom College, Mallepally.
Majid hails from a family of Educationists. Both his father and mother are retired gazetted officers. His father MH Maqsood is a retired physical director and was Chairman of AP selection committee of handball, while his mother Qaisar Jahan a government teacher, retired as headmistress of the Government Girls High School, First Lancer. Majid's brother Mohd Shakir Hussain, who is a software professional, stays in the US.[2]

Political career

Majid Hussain was apparently hand-picked by the MIM President Asaduddin Owaisi because of his suave personality and affable manners. Majid fought the Municipal Elections first time on MIM ticker and won as the Corporator of Ahmednagar division in the 2009 GHMC Municipal elections. On 4 January 2012, Majid's candidature as GHMC Mayor was proposed by MIM's Doodhbowli corporator MA Ghaffar and seconded by former mayor Banda Karthika Reddy. In a span of 15 minutes, the election process was completed and 31-year-old Majid Hussain was declared the new mayor of GHMC.[3] After a gap of 21 years MIM's has succeeded in installing its own mayor in the city of Hyderabad and in the process created a record of sorts. The party has chosen 31-year-old Mohammad Majid Hussain, the youngest mayor the city has ever had.[4]

On 31 October 2012, several developmental works worth Rs. 7 crore were inaugurated in Mayor Majid Hussain's division of Ahmednagar by Hyderabad MP and Majlis chief Asaduddin Owaisi. The division boasted of a new community hall, a ladies training centre, a ration shop at Syednagar and a new bus stop.[5] 19 Feb 2013, The lone corporator of Majlis Bachao Tehreek (MBT), Amjadullah Khan, was forcibly evicted from the council hall when he rushed to the mayor's podium protesting the denial of an opportunity to speak during the GHMC budget discussion. As Khan protested by standing at the podium, the mayor called marshals and got him evicted from the council hall.[6]

Majid Hussain had submitted his resignation on 7 March 2014 citing instructions from his party. The move was presented as honouring the agreement with Congress on seat-sharing but it was widely speculated that Mr. Hussain was being readied to contest from one of the Assembly constituencies in the city. Amid high drama, and apparently driven by political equations emerging ahead of the Assembly elections, the resignation of Mayor Majid Hussain was rejected by the GHMC's General Council.[7]

Majid Hussain won as the Corporator of Mehdipatnam division in the 2016 GHMC Municipal elections.[8] During Telangana Assembly elections held in December 2018, Majid Hussain was made the Election in-charge of Nampally Assembly constituency. MIM won Nampally seat comfortably under Majid Hussain. During 2019 General Elections, Majid Hussain was again made the election in-charge for Kishanganj seat.

References
  1. "New mayor for Hyderabad, IBN Live News". Ibnlive.in.com. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. "First time corporator Majid is city mayor". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  3. "MIM's Hussain elected Mayor of Hyderabad". news18.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  4. "Hussain becomes youngest mayor of Hyderabad". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  5. "Hyderabad Mayor's division gets a bounty". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  6. "Majlis Bachao Tehreek corporator suspended by mayor". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  7. "Mayor's resignation rejected". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  8. "TRS scores landslide win in Hyderabad polls, TDP-BJP washed out". newsx.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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