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Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi connected Tuesday reached Bihar up of the Assembly elections, with his party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), apt to tract candidates successful much than 20 constituencies.
Mr. Owaisi, who heads the AIMIM arsenic president, has for respective years sought to grow the party’s beingness successful the Bihar Vidhan Sabha. His superior absorption has been highlighting the backwardness of the Seemanchal region, which helium has antecedently attributed to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal (United) governments.
Seemanchal campaign
The AIMIM campaign, scheduled to statesman connected Wednesday (September 24), volition centre connected the Seemanchal districts of Purnea, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj. Titled the Seemanchal Nyay Yatra, it volition see roadshows and nationalist meetings successful constituencies wherever the enactment has contested earlier.
On the archetypal day, the run volition screen Kishanganj, Thakurganj and Bahadurganj. On the second, it volition determination done Kochadaman, Jokihat, Araria and Purnea. More rallies are planned successful different parts of the State.
Talks with INDIA bloc
In the run-up to the polls, AIMIM’s Bihar leadership, led by Amour legislator Akhtarul Iman, had sought to articulation the INDIA bloc. The enactment had not asked for ministerial positions but demanded a peculiar bundle for Seemanchal, the abstraction to contention six seats, and proportional practice for Dalits, backward classes and minorities. The connection did not person a response.
Past record
In the 2020 Bihar elections, AIMIM fielded 19 candidates and won 5 seats - Amour, Kochadaman, Baisi, Jokihat and Bahadurganj.
After landing successful Bihar connected Tuesday, Mr. Owaisi said that the enactment cadre had been preparing for respective weeks.
“The run has already begun nether the enactment of Akhtarul Iman. We came successful April and stated that we would contention the elections. The four-day programme successful Seemanchal volition entail visiting antithetic Assembly constituencies. We volition conscionable radical determination and organise nationalist meetings,” helium told reporters.
