Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) chief Prakash Ambedkar on Monday said the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar could be overthrown if the Ambedkarite, Muslim and Adivasi communities came together.
Mr. Ambedkar, who had experimented with a new political equation in Maharashtra by allying with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, said the VBA was looking to form a similar alliance in the coming 243-seat-Bihar Assembly elections.
“In Bihar, Muslims, Ambedkarites and Adivasis together constitute 40% of the total population. This combined force can bring down any government. If the NDA [Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP coalition] in Bihar falls, then it is possible to overthrow the NDA at the Centre as well…the Modi government has shown itself to be against citizenship…I urge educated Muslims to think before…