First elected as a municipal councillor in 2009, he later went on to become GHMC’s first Deputy Mayor. Now, with luck on his side, Jaffer Hussain Meraj bagged the Nampally Assembly seat.
Thanks to his hard work and charisma, the businessman-cum-politician who represents the MIM, managed to defeat the TDP’s Feroz Khan.
“My party leadership had confidence in me. I am happy to have lived up to their expectations,” the Majlis legislator says.
Politics is in Mr. Meraj’s blood. His father, the late Ahmed Hussain, was a legislator from Seetarambagh in 1967. His sons, Md. Minhaj Hussain and Md. Maqsood Hussain, have both completed their MBA and take care of the family business. Does he have plans to bring them into politics? “None at the moment,” he replies.
Mr. Meraj has a lot of developmental plans for the Nampally constituency.
“My first priority is to address the drinking water problem in certain pockets. I have plans to utilise the entire MLA budget to take up the water-supply related works. I will also hire a retired water works department engineer for consultation,” he says.
As promised during the election campaign, a Nampally Constituency Privilege Card (NCPC) has been introduced for the benefit of those staying in Nampally constituency.
“We will issue the card to a member in every family. Using this they can contact our call-centre through phone, email, text message, Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp and lodge complaints,” Mr. Meraj says. Already, 11,700 persons have been enrolled as members, he adds.
Improving the law and order situation and eradicating ‘rowdyism’ is one of his priorities, for which the public representative plans to take the help of the police.
