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All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is to kickstart its governmental campaigning successful Maharashtra from Monday (September 29, 2025) successful presumption of the upcoming section assemblage elections successful Mumbai.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi volition beryllium connected a two-day circuit of the State starting Monday (September 29, 2025). He volition clasp 2 nationalist rallies successful Kolhapur and Ahilyanagar implicit these 2 days. Meanwhile, Hindutva organisations person opposed his circuit successful Kolhapur.
When asked astir his Maharashtra visit, Mr. Owaisi told The Hindu, “Now that the honourable Supreme Court has fixed a deadline for conducting the elections, we person to commencement campaigning. I volition beryllium successful Maharashtra for 2 days now. I volition thereafter sojourn Bihar again.”
When asked astir holding the rallies amid the existent rainfall warnings, helium said it was a concern, but that his rallies had already been postponed doubly owed to the rains. “It is simply a challenge. But present that the dates volition beryllium nearing, I volition question to some these places to clasp nationalist meetings.”
Mr. Owaisi volition beryllium successful Kolhapur connected Monday (September 29, 2025) and volition clasp a nationalist rally astatine the handloom and powerloom municipality of Ichalkaranji, often called the Manchester of Maharashtra. Muslims are the 2nd largest colonisation radical successful the town.
On Tuesday (September 30, 2025), helium volition question to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, clasp a nationalist rally astatine Ahilyanagar. “We volition be a nationalist lawsuit successful Pune thereafter,” Waris Pathan, AIMIM leader, said.
AIMIM to contention section assemblage polls
Mr. Pathan said that the enactment is slated to contention the section assemblage elections successful Maharashtra. The enactment is besides successful talks with different parties for a imaginable alliance. “We are inactive successful talks. When, with whom, is thing you volition person to hold for. The enactment enactment volition instrumentality a telephone connected it. We mean to combat these elections. We are taking banal of which each places we volition contention at,” Mr. Pathan said.
Opposition to the visit
Several Hindutva organisations person opposed Mr. Owaisi’s sojourn and person raised apprehension that his speeches mightiness disturb societal harmony during Navratri and erstwhile the festival of Dasara is astir the corner. They person submitted a memorandum to the Kolhapur Police. They person expressed fearfulness of unit successful the aftermath of ‘I emotion Muhammad’ campaign.
“We person received a memorandum. It is astir the inauguration ceremonial of the AIMIM bureau successful Kolhapur. Due to immoderate ineligible issues, it has been enactment connected hold. Adequate measures are being taken to support instrumentality and bid concern successful Kolhapur. There is nary problem,” Yogesh Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Kolhapur, told The Hindu.
“We person opposed his circuit due to the fact that helium makes nationalist statements which disturb societal harmony, which make tensions wrong communities. Kolhapur is simply a peace-loving city. We person each co-existed peacefully for galore years. We don’t privation him to travel and accidental something, which volition incite nationalist feelings. It is the pious festival of Navratri, which is going on. Dasara is to travel up. We volition proceed opposing his visit,” Niranjan Shinde of Sakal Hindu Samaj said.
Responding to the opposition, AIMIM spokesperson Waris Pathan said, “Their minds are filled with hatred. We are coming determination to clasp conversations with people. The medication has fixed america permission. We held campaigns successful Bihar too. There was nary unit anywhere. What is the ground of levelling specified allegations? The Constitution gives america the close to spell anyplace and clasp nationalist meetings anywhere.”
