Mangaluru, Feb 09: Sajid AK was unanimously elected as the president of Highland Islamic Forum (HIF) during the annual general body meeting (AGM) of the organization held at HIF Head office here on Saturday.

The AGM was started with Quran Recitation by Mehfuz. The programme was chaired by the outgoing President Nazim SS and the Election Commissioner Arif Padubidri.

Outgoing President Nazim SS welcomed the gathering and presented a brief report about H.I.F and all its activities. He also thanked the executive committee and all members of the H.I.F for their support throughout his tenure and requested the gathering to extend the same support to the new president and the committee.

Later, Arif Padubidri expressed his thoughts over H.I.F and his connection with the organisation. He also shed some light on choosing the right leader and its impact on an organisation.

The newly elected president, Sajid Ak promised to be available with the members at any given time. He vowed to give his fullest for the betterment of the organisation.

Ausaf Hussain was announced as the Secretary of H.I.F, while Mohammed Rizwan was elected as treasurer.

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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."

"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.

"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.

He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.

Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.

The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.