It is a common trait to form opinions and be judgemental about people not only in private lives but more so about persons in public lives. And most of the times the judgements are clouded as they are based on hearsays as also because of our own mindset. This is very true when it comes to the firebrand politician Asaduddin Owaisi, MP and President of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM), who with his fiery speeches evokes strong reaction from people who disagree with his point of views to the extent of calling him divisive and unpatriotic.
Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam caught up with this tall, stern-looking man with beard, dressed in traditional attire of a long coat, pajamas, a skull cap and serious, thinking eyes behind those glasses, at a private hotel just before he embarked on canvassing for a candidate at the local body elections. The candidate lost the election is another matter!
