Bihar meeting elections 2025: The Seemanchal area, which was as soon as thought of to be a stronghold of the RJD, consists of 4 districts – Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia and Katihar. All of those 4 districts have important Muslim inhabitants, a cause why Owaisi is specializing in this area.
Kickstarting his ballot marketing campaign for the upcoming Bihar meeting polls, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi is organising a four-day ‘Seemanchal Nyay Yatra’ within the Seemanchal area of the state. The yatra began on September 24 from Kishanganj and can conclude on September 27.
“It’s unsuitable to say that election campaigning is beginning now. The election marketing campaign has already begun, and below the management of our Akhtarul Iman, work has been ongoing. Now, in Seemanchal, we’ve got a four-day go to deliberate. In varied constituencies, we’ll go and meet the general public and maintain public conferences,” the Hyderabad MP stated on Tuesday, whereas chatting with reporters in West Bengal’s Siliguri.
Seemanchal, a area with important Muslim inhabitants
The Seemanchal area, which was as soon as thought of to be a stronghold of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), consists of 4 districts – Kishanganj, Araria, Purnia and Katihar. All of those 4 districts have important Muslim inhabitants, a cause why Owaisi is specializing in this area. In 2020 Bihar meeting elections, Owaisi’s AIMIM had gained 5 seats, and all of them have been within the Seemanchal area.
As per Owaisi’s social gathering, many native leaders have additionally proven curiosity in becoming a member of the AIMIM forward of Bihar elections.
Seemanchal, a former bastion of RJD
Earlier than 2020, Seemanchal was thought of to be a bastion for the RJD. In truth, all of the 4 districts have been as soon as dominated by RJD’s Mohammed Taslimuddin, who was recognized for his closeness with former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. Nonetheless, RJD’s affect diminished within the area after Taslimuddin’s demise in September 2017.
Taslimuddin’s demise allowed the AIMIM to extend its affect in Seemanchal, and it finally gained 5 seats within the area in 2020 polls. Nonetheless, 4 of its 5 MLAs later defected to the RJD.
AIMIM’s alliance supply to RJD
Notably, the AIMIM has additionally supplied to affix the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan for Bihar polls. Nonetheless, the RJD has refused to enter into an alliance with the AIMIM, drawing Owaisi’s ire. “Our Bihar president Akhtarul Iman wrote three letters to Lalu Prasad and Tejashwi Yadav expressing our want to be part of the INDIA bloc. We had demanded solely six seats. We aren’t considering any ministerial berth. We solely wished to be handled as equals and never as slaves within the joint struggle towards BJP and RSS. However, to this point, no response has come from them,” stated Owaisi on Thursday.
RJD’s vote financial institution primarily consists of the Yadavs and the Muslims, and permitting the AIMIM to enter the grand alliance would imply giving a big chunk of its voters to Owaisi’s social gathering. Moreover, this will even give the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) an opportunity to accuse the Mahagathbandhan of resorting to politics of appeasement.
BJP retains a watch on Owaisi
Though the BJP has dismissed Owaisi’s yatra, it’s preserving an in depth eye on it. Within the 2020 Bihar polls, the saffron social gathering had gained eight seats within the Seemanchal area. “It’s none of our concern with whom Mr Owaisi is making an attempt to ally. However the backside line is to collect Muslim votes, pure vote financial institution politics,” stated BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad earlier.