Asaduddin Owaisi

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Where they stand

Asaduddin Owaisi on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

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The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

1. Welfare

   −6.0

   Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

   Placement confidence — medium

   Demands implementation of the Sachar and Ranganath Mishra reports, voted against the farm laws, backs MGNREGA expansion and higher social-sector outlays

2. Markets

   −4.0

   State-led developmentMarket-led development

   Placement confidence — low

   Opposed the farm laws, the labour codes and bank privatisation — though economic policy is not where he spends his floor time

3. Recognition

   +9.0

   Formal equalityGroup remedies

   Placement confidence — high

   Demands Muslim reservation and a Pasmanda sub-quota, backs the caste census and 50%-cap removal, and fights hardest of anyone for Article 30 minority-institution rights

4. Nation

   −9.0

   PluralistMajoritarian

   Placement confidence — high

   Tore up the CAB in the Lok Sabha, opposes NRC, UCC, anti-conversion laws and the 2025 Waqf Amendment; defends the Places of Worship Act 1991

5. Authority

   −7.5

   Civil libertiesStrong state

   Placement confidence — high

   Among Parliament's most consistent civil libertarians: condemned the 2019 Hyderabad encounter when it was popular, opposes UAPA, PMLA, sedition and preventive detention

6. Culture

   +1.0

   Personal autonomyTraditional norms

   Placement confidence — low

   Opposed criminalising triple talaq, defends Muslim personal law on polygamy and nikah as community matters, and stated opposition to same-sex marriage in the House

7. Federalism

   +4.0

   CentreStates

   Placement confidence — low

   Opposed ONOE, backs southern states on delimitation and opposes Governor overreach, but federalism is not a core AIMIM plank

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And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

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Nearest to them

• Akhilesh YadavSP
• Rahul GandhiINC
• TYTejashwi YadavRJD
• Hemant SorenJMM
• Sharad PawarNCP(SP)
• M.K. StalinDMK

The figures