NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has offered to join hands with Opposition parties to prevent the ruling BJP from returning to power in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
But in the same breath, he criticised the state’s main opposition Samajwadi Party and its chief, reminding his audience that the Muzaffarnagar riots took place while they were in power. The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh, he said, needed a voice and only the AIMIM could fit that role.
Owaisi, who made his pitch at a rally in Kanpur – held as part of his election campaign – packaged the offer with a deadline. His party, he said, will wait till October 2 – presumably for a response from the Opposition parties – before announcing any potential political alliance.
At a public rally at the Babupurwa Idgah ground in Kanpur’s cantonment area, Owaisi said the AIMIM was ready to form an alliance with parties willing to prevent the BJP from forming a government again in Uttar Pradesh.
“We also do not want BJP to form the government in Uttar Pradesh for the third time. If you want to stop the BJP from forming the government again, then come and join hands with AIMIM,” Owaisi said.
The AIMIM had made a similar proposal in Bihar ahead of the assembly polls in the state. His party, Owaisi said, had offered to contest six seats under the alliance. It was not accepted, and instead, “false allegations” were made against AIMIM, he said.
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