Owaisi meets Telangana Chief Secretary, demands PRCs for voters

Hyderabad, July 10 (IANS) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday met Telangana Chief Secretary Sanjay Jaju and demanded that the State government consider issuing Permanent Residence Certificate (PRC) or Family Register Certificate to electors of the state in the ongoing SIR in Telangana.

The Hyderabad MP said he, along with Faheem Qureshi, president and vice chairman of Telangana Minority Residential Educational Institutions Society (TMREIS), met the Chief Secretary and demanded that the Revanth Reddy government must consider issuing PRC or Family Register Certificate to electors of Telangana in the ongoing SIR in Telangana under Article 162.

Owaisi posted on social media that if Chief Minister Revanth Reddy accepts the demand, it will be beneficial to poor people of Telangana in getting their names in the Final SIR list, which will save them many troubles and inconvenience.

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief pointed out that the Karnataka government is issuing PRC certificates through a GO under the Karnataka Sakala Services Act 2011.

Owaisi said that Telangana State has authentic databases of the State, namely the Samagra Kutumba Survey, Socio Economic & Caste Survey of 2024 and 2025, BHU Bharati Act 2025, Food Security Card database of the Civil Supplies Department, Municipal Tax records, School & Board records. “Let us hope a positive decision is taken in the larger interest of the poor, minorities, BCs, SCs & STs of Telangana,” he said.

On July 6, Owaisi had urged the Telangana government to immediately issue PRCs for the poor, saying many lack documents and risk exclusion from the voter list during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).

The Hyderabad MP wanted to know what is stopping the state government from issuing PRCs. He said that if the ruling party is not realising that the poor of Telangana lack documents, then it is totally cut off from reality.

Owaisi told the ruling Congress party not to come to the people after the publication of the final voter list to ‘console’ them and then complain of a conspiracy. He said that if there is a conspiracy, they should find a solution to counter it, and the solution is PRCs.

The Hyderabad MP said he had already raised this issue with Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka. He also revealed that he was seeking an appointment with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and remarked that the Chief Minister is very busy.

–IANS

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