With elections to local bodies in Gujarat just a month away, the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM on Saturday announced its foray into the state politics with an aim to provide an “effective alternative” to the ruling BJP and opposition Congress. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) will contest the upcoming Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections in at least 15 wards, and in alliance with the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) in Bharuch on a seat-sharing basis, the party leaders said.
Asaduddin Owaisi is likely to address rallies in Ahmedabad and Bharuch ahead of polling, they said. On Saturday, Gujarat unit president Sabir Kabuliwala and state general secretary Hamid Bhatti launched the party’s membership drive in the presence of a group of supporters.
They said the AIMIM will prove to be an “effective alternative to the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in Gujarat”. The Owaisi-led party recently announced to contest the local body polls in alliance with the BTP, which had…