Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM may tie-up with BSP in UP

BIKAPUR: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday dropped broad hints of a tie-up with the BSP in Uttar Pradesh before the assembly elections scheduled next year.

Speaking at his maiden rally in UP at Bikapur in Faizabad district, Owaisi said the 2017 elections will throw up a new Dalit-Muslim combination and AIMIM will have a major role in it. Apart from fielding Dalit candidate Pradeep Kori from Bikapur, AIMIM's attempt to focus on Dalit-Muslim combination was obvious throughout Owaisi's address with slogans like `Baba Saheb Tera Mission Adhoora... Ab Owaisi Karenge Poora' raised by party workers. With over 3.6 lakh voters, Bikapur has 28% Muslism and 18% Dalit voters.

Owaisi addressed the Dalit-Muslim equation claiming Akhlaq was killed in Dadri because he was a Muslim and Hyderabad PhD scholar Rohith Vemula was forced to end his life as he was a Dalit.

Owaisi said AIMIM was yet to enter into a formal alliance with the BSP or any other party. He called Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party a “naatak company

3 parties join hands with JD(U) for UP polls

Three political parties on Thursday agreed to contest the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections together with the JD(U).

The decision was taken after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar met Peace Party chief Dr Ayub and functionaries of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Apna Dal at Bihar Bhavan in New Delhi as part of efforts to forge an anti-BJP alliance in UP.