‘We sought equality, not ministerial berths’: Owaisi slams RJD for cold response to alliance move

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AIMIM person Asaduddin Owaisi speaks during a nationalist gathering successful Kishanganj, Bihar, connected September 25, 2025. Picture: X/@asadowaisi

AIMIM main Asaduddin Owaisi connected Thursday (September 25, 2025) accused RJD main Lalu Prasad and his lad Tejashwi Yadav of not responding to requests for a tie-up up of the Bihar Assembly polls, saying the enactment lone insisted connected being treated arsenic equals and did not explicit immoderate privation for ministerial berths.

The Hyderabad MP made the remark astatine a rally successful Kishanganj district, which has a important Muslim population, arsenic portion of his four-day ‘Seemanchal Nyay Yatra’.

"Our Bihar president Akhtarul Iman wrote 3 letters to Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav expressing our privation to articulation the INDIA bloc. We had demanded lone six seats. We are not funny successful immoderate ministerial berth. We lone wanted to beryllium treated arsenic equals and not arsenic slaves successful the associated combat against BJP and RSS. But, truthful far, nary effect has travel from them," helium said.

Blaming the RJD’s "indifference", Mr. Owaisi said the Muslim assemblage lacked dedicated enactment successful Bihar.

"Unlike each caste, Muslims bash not person leaders of their own. You whitethorn find leaders of Yadavs, Kushwahas, Kurmis, Manjhis, Rajputs, Paswans and each different castes. But Muslims bash not person leaders for themselves," claimed the AIMIM chief, whose enactment won 5 seats successful the past Assembly polls, but each MLAs but Iman, joined the RJD a mates of years later.

When Mr. Tejaswi tin imagination of becoming the Chief Minister, past wherefore can't the younker of Seemanchal go a leader, helium asked.

"We made the determination truthful that we bash not look accusations of helping the BJP. A deficiency of due effect connected RJD's portion volition marque it wide who is really helping the BJP. The AIMIM had contested 20 seats successful the past assembly polls, winning 5 of these," helium said.

The Seeemanchal region, comprising 4 districts of Purnia, Araria, Kishnaganj and Katihar, has a precocious attraction of Muslims.

Later successful the day, Mr. Owaisi is expected to code nationalist meetings successful Araria district.

Published - September 25, 2025 05:18 p.m. IST

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