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Recently, a video of some people offering Namaz in a mall in Lucknow went viral on social media. Later news came that this is a video of the recently opened Lulu Mall in Lucknow. After the video went viral, Hindu organizations announced to recite Sundar Kand and Hanuman Chalisa. When the dispute escalated, even the police had to be called for the security of the mall.
It has not even been 15 days since the mall where there was so much ruckus was inaugurated. It was inaugurated by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself on 10th July. After this controversy, not only this mall but its owners are also in the headlines. Let us know about the allegations against the company making this mall and its owner…
The owner of this new mall in Lucknow is Lulu International Group. Abu Dhabi-based businessman MA Yusuf Ali is the head of this group. Ali plans to invest Rs 14,000 crore in India. It has started from Lulu Mall in Lucknow.
In the coming time, the company will build many malls and food processing hubs in many states including Uttar Pradesh. 2500 crores will be invested in Uttar Pradesh alone. Through this, along with building malls in Banaras and Prayagraj, a food processing hub will be built in Greater Noida.
Lulu is working in many sectors in Kerala
Born in Kerala before Uttar Pradesh, Ali’s company has invested in several sectors in his native state as well. Here his company operates Cyber ​​Tower in Kochi, Fashion & Convention Center in Thrissur, 2 Marriott Hotels and a Resort in Kochi.
Janmu-Kashmir, preparation for expansion from Gujarat to Karnataka
Like Uttar Pradesh, Lulu Group is working on three new projects in Kerala. Not only this, in the month of May, the company has also signed an investment agreement of Rs 2 thousand crore with the Government of Karnataka. Prior to that, in the month of March, the group has also signed an investment of Rs 3500 crore in Tamil Nadu and Rs 2,000 crore for opening a mall in Gujarat. In January this year, Lulu Group had said that it would invest Rs 200 crore in setting up a food processing hub in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Born in Kerala, started business in UAE
Yusuf Ali, owner of Lulu Group, was born on 15 November 1955 in Nattika village in Thrissur district of Kerala. He did his early studies at St. Xavier’s High School in Karanchira village, Thrissur. At that time he lived with his uncle. His father then ran a ration shop in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. At the age of 15, he came to Ahmedabad to help his father. While there, he did a Diploma in Business Administration.
went to Abu Dhabi at the age of 18
After working with his father in Ahmedabad for about three years, Ali Yusuf moved to Abu Dhabi. Here Ali started helping his uncle in business. Who used to do ration business in Abu Dhabi. Ali’s uncle also had business in countries like Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia. Ali went to these countries with uncle, where he got the idea of ​​opening a supermarket. When he opened his first department store in 1989, he was just 34 years old.
The journey of Lulu Group International started in the year 2000
Ali’s department store chain, which started in 1989, was set to take an international turn by 2000. In the same year Yusuf Ali founded Lulu Group International. Lulu is an Arabic word which means ‘pearl’. Today this company runs a chain of supermarkets and retail stores in many countries of the world. Its headquarter is located in Abu Dhabi. Lulu Group is Asia’s largest retail chain with 215 outlets in Gulf countries. The group also operates 13 shopping malls in Gulf countries.
Three sons-in-law also cooperate in Yusuf’s business
Yusuf Ali has three daughters Shabina, Shafina and Shifa. The husbands of all three are also associated with Yusuf’s business. Yusuf’s eldest son-in-law and Shabina’s husband Shamshir is a radiologist by profession and oversees the group’s healthcare sector companies. Lulu Group operates around 20 state-of-the-art hospitals and 125 health centers across the world including India.
Yusuf’s second son-in-law Adeeb Ahmed, who is Shafina’s husband, looks after the group’s financial companies worth Rs 43 thousand crore. These companies include companies like Lulu Xance and Tableau. Sharon Shamsuddin, the third son-in-law and husband of Shifa, oversees the IT and infrastructure sector of the group.
The company has been accused of giving jobs to the people of a particular class in the mall.
Ali’s company is accused of giving preference to a certain class of people working in the malls of Lucknow. However, the mall administration has denied these allegations. The company says that there is a transparent process of selection of employees under which the employees are reinstated.
