Asasuddin Owaisi eyes Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh, plans 2 rallies in March
Eyeing 19 per cent Muslim voters in the state, the AIMIM has formed party committees in 35 districts and booth-level teams in 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslmeen (AIMIM) leader Asasuddin Owaisi seems to be leaving no stone unturned to consolidate Muslim votes. Sources said the controversial leader has planned two rallies in Uttar Pradesh-on March 15 in Allahabad and March 29 in Agra.
Eyeing 19 per cent Muslim voters in the state, the AIMIM has formed party committees in 35 districts and booth-level teams in 25 districts of Uttar Pradesh.
Talking to MAIL TODAY, AIMIM convener Shaukat Ali said the party's focus is on minority votes in the strongholds of Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party which corners a major share of the community in state elections. "Our membership drive is in full swing. The party's district-level teams have already been constituted in 35 districts. The office- bearers in other districts would be appointed by the end of June. Owaisi will extensively organise rallies and public meetings in the state to make people aware of the AIMIM's policies," he said.]
Earlier, All India Sunni Ulema Council - an organisation with political ambitions - had sought time from Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat to discuss the reasons behind differences between the two communities.
While Bhagwat had assigned Sangh's senior functionary Indresh Kumar to meet Mohammad Salees, general secretary of the council, it was decided that they would hold joint public meetings.
Rashtriya Ulema Council was formed by Amir Rashadi, a cleric of Azamgarh, in 2009 in the name of spearheading a campaign seeking judicial probe into the controversial Batla House shootout of 2008, in which two youth of village Sanjarpur of the district were gunned down by the crime branch in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.
However, his real intention became clear when he fielded his party's candidates in 2009 parliamentary elections. He declared his support to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at the 11th hour. The RUC again tried the same trick in 2012 Assembly elections. But its intensity remained negligible.