AIMIM sets eyes on West Bengal

Hyderabad: In the last public meeting on Sunday ahead of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) said it will field candidates in

West Bengal

elections, scheduled to be held in mid- 2021.

At the public meet, the party’s elected representatives from Bihar spoke of the party’s expansion plans across the country. adding that the party is eyeing voters in West Bengal. Later, two persons hailing from West Bengal residing in Hyderabad addressed the crowd in Bengali and showered praises on Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM. “Even if you (the women who spoke in Bengali) had expressed your feelings about the party in actions, we would have understood it, “ said Imtiaz Jaleel, Lok Sabha MP from Aurangabad.

Elected representatives of the party from Bihar and Jaleel emphasised that the BJP wants to dent the AIMIM’s presence in its hometown in order to affect the party’s pan-India activities. “The light of Hyderabad has reached Maharashtra, UP and Seemanchal and Bengal is waiting for light,” said Akhtarul Iman, AIMIM Bihar president.