Owaisi visits ballot sure Bengal, discusses meeting polls with influential Muslim cleric

AIMIM supremo Assaduddin Owaisi on Sunday arrived at Furfura Sharif in Bengal’s Hooghly district and held discussions at the state’s political state of affairs and upcoming meeting polls with outstanding Muslim chief Abbas Siddiqui, assets in his party mentioned.

That is Owaisi’s first consult with to West Bengal following his announcement to contest elections within the state.

“Owaisi sought after to stay the assembly a secret as we have been frightened that the TMC executive would forestall him from exiting the airport. From Kolkata airport, he went immediately to Hooghly to satisfy Abbas Siddiqui. He’s going to depart for Hyderabad within the afternoon,” AIMIM state secretary Zameerul Hassan mentioned.

Previous, Owaisi had made up our minds to carry a digital assembly with Siddiqui, however he modified his thoughts on the 11th hour and flew right down to Bengal to pay him a consult with.

Siddiqui, a pirzada (non secular chief) from Furfura Sharif, has been talking out towards the state executive over a number of problems, of overdue.

In line with the assets, he’s making plans to glide a minority outfit of his personal.

Owaisi, whose party post a just right display all the way through Bihar polls closing 12 months — bagging 5 seats within the area bordering Bengal — would possibly have additionally held talks with Siddiqui on a conceivable seat-sharing deal, they mentioned.

The AIMIM leader’s consult with to Furfura Sharif, alternatively, evoked sharp reactions from the ruling TMC.

“The AIMIM is not anything however a proxy of the BJP. Owaisi is definitely mindful that Muslims listed here are most commonly Bengali-speaking, and gained’t reinforce him. He is making an attempt to forge ties with Abbas Siddiqui, however that gained’t yield any outcome.

“Muslims in Bengal stand firmly through Mamata Banerjee,” senior TMC chief and party MP Sougata Roy asserted.

A deciding think about just about 100-110 seats within the state, minorities particularly Muslims have acted as a bulwark of the TMC towards its opponents until 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Outstanding Muslim leaders within the state, nevertheless, have claimed that equations are prone to trade with the access of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

In line with a senior chief within the Hyderabad-based party, Owaisi has noticed in West Bengal a fertile flooring for his enlargement plans, as Muslims represent round 30 in line with cent of the state’s inhabitants.

Of the 30 in line with cent, alternatively, no less than 24 in line with cent are Bengali-speaking Muslims.

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal Meeting usually are held in April-Would possibly.