Mohammad Majid Hussain | |
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.jpg) Hussain in 2012 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly,Telangana | |
| Assumed office 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jaffer Hussain |
| Constituency | Nampally |
| 2ndMayor of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation | |
| In office 4 January 2012 – 7 May 2014 | |
| Deputy | G. Rajkumar |
| Preceded by | Banda Karthika Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Bonthu Ram Mohan |
| Constituency | Ahmed Nagar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (age 45) |
| Political party | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |
| Residence(s) | Hyderabad,Telangana, India |
| Alma mater | Osmania University |
Mohammad Majid Hussain (born 9 April 1980) is an Indian politician who is currently the Member of theTelangana Legislative Assembly representing theNampally Assembly constituency andcorporator ofMehdipatnam ward of theGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.[1]
He was the formerMayor ofHyderabad[2] and belongs to theAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen party.
Majid Hussain's schooling was at St Theresa's School, Humayun Nagar andintermediate at Sultan Uloom College,Banjara Hills. He graduated from Anwar Uloom College,Mallepally inBachelor of Computer Applications.[3]
Hussain initially worked as an Executive withHSBC in the migration and credit card division. After working for 5 years, he left his job and plunged into active politics.
Both Majid's father and mother are retired gazetted officers. His father, MH Maqsood is a retired physical director and was Chairman of the AP selection committee of handball, while his mother Qaisar Jahan, headmistress of the Government Girls High School, First Lancer. Majid's brother Mohammed Shakir Hussain, who is a software professional, stays in theUS.[3]
Majid Hussain was hand-picked by the AIMIM PresidentAsaduddin Owaisi and became theCorporator of Ahmednagar division in the 2009GHMC Municipal elections.
On 4 January 2012, Majid's candidature asGHMCMayor was proposed byAIMIM's Doodhbowli corporator MA Ghaffar and was supported by the former mayorBanda Karthika Reddy. In a span of 15 minutes, the election process was completed and 31-year-old Hussain was declared the new mayor ofGHMC.[4] After a gap of 12 years MIM had succeeded in installing its own mayor in the city with Hussain being the youngest mayor the city had.[5]
On 7 March 2014 citing instructions from his party, Hussain had submitted his resignation. This move was presented as honouring the agreement withCongress on seat-sharing but it was widely speculated that 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.[6]
Majid Hussain won as theCorporator ofMehdipatnam division in the 2016GHMC Municipal elections.[7] During the2018 Telangana Assembly elections, Majid Hussain was made the Election in-charge ofNampally constituency in which AIMIM won the seat.
In2020 Bihar General Elections, Majid Hussain was again made the election in-charge where AIMIM won 5 seats.[8]
Hussain was again elected as theCorporator ofMehdipatnam in the2020 GHMC Municipal Elections.[1]
Hussain was declared as theAIMIM candidate from theNampally constituency in the2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election[9] which he subsequently won by narrowly defeatingCongress candidate Mohammed Feroz Khan and replaced incumbentJaffer Hussain who instead became MLA ofYakhutpura constituency.[10]
Clash with Congress Leader Feroz Khan (October 2024):
In October 2024, a violent altercation occurred between supporters of Majid Hussain and Congress leader Feroz Khan in the Humayun Nagar area ofNampally. The confrontation escalated over a dispute regarding the construction of a cement-concrete road. Both parties engaged in stone-pelting and physical altercations, resulting in injuries to several individuals. The incident drew significant media attention and raised concerns about political tensions in the region.[11]