Ahmed Balala bin Abdullah Balala is an Indian politician from the city of

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

. He represents the

Malakpet Malakpet is one of the suburbs in the old city area of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is famous for TV tower which was built by Teegala Sree Ramulu. This is further divided into two parts, Old Malakpet and New Malakpet and is traditionally cons ...

constituency in the

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on an

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( en, All India Council for Unity of Muslims) ( AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It is also a significant political party in the Indian States of Telangana ...

seat. He first won the seat in 2009 and retained it in the 2014 polls.

Career

Balala won from the Malakpet constituency in 2009 by defeating Muhammad Muzaffar Ali Khan of

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on an

ticket. Previously his party unsuccessfully contested the seat in 1989 and 1994. In December 2011, when officials of the

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tried to demolish the shops and encroachments around the

Badshahi Ashurkhana Badshahi Ashurkhana is an ashurkhana near Charminar in Hyderabad, India. It was constructed in memory of martyrdom of Imam Hussain, and is used during the mourning period of Moharram. It is now classified as a heritage site and is looked after ...

, Balala and

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, and other supporters of AIMIM MLA, prevented them from doing so, leading to tensions in the city. In 2014, Balala campaigned for the party in the Maharasthra Assembly Polls. After the results were declared, in which his party won two seats, Balala said that the reason for their success was because of the injustice done to Muslims. In April of the same year, he was renominated by the party for the same Malakpet seat in the Telegana Legislative Assembly polls. He emerged victorious by defeating Venkat Rao of the

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by 23,000 votes. In the zero hour of the Legislative Assembly of March 2016, Balala urged the government to relax the helmet rules for motorcyclists due to the high temperature of the summer months. He said that the "helmets further increase the heat for riders".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Balala, Ahmed bin Abdullah All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen politicians Living people Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 Politicians from Hyderabad, India 1967 births 21st-century Indian Muslims