Mahmood Ali

Early life Ali was born in Hyderabad and lives in Azampura. He received his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Osmania University. He later ventured in dairy farming business, in which he earned a lot of money.

Political career Ali was elected as a Member of Legislative Council of United Andhra Pradesh in 2010. He got into the Telangana movement in 2001 when K. Chandrashekar Rao launched the Telangana Rashtra Samithi now called the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), and is considered one of the founding members of the party. After the creation of Telangana, he became a representative of the Telangana Legislative Council. He is the president of the BRS party's minority cell.

He was the second Home Minister of Telangana in the second K. Chandrashekar Rao ministry, replacing Nayani Narasimha Reddy. He also managed the departments of Prisons and Fire Services. His immovable assets also doubled as they stood at Rs 2.2 crore. His wife’s movable assets tripled. Ali has specified that his major source of “income” was through dairy farm, salary as deputy chief minister and “rental” from function hall.

Controversies In 2022, when he was the Home Minister of Telangana, he made a statement saying women wearing short clothes could lead to problems.

In 2023, he slapped his personal security officer for not having a bouquet at hand, when Ali had stepped onto a stage to wish Minister for Animal Husbandry Talasani Srinivas Yadav on his birthday.