Asaduddin Owaisi said that Mamata Banerjee’s accusation is unfounded and that she is concerned. “
West Bengal:
“A man was never born who can buy Asaduddin Owaisi with money,” the head of AIMIM said today, responding to Mamata Banerjee after the Chief Minister of Bengal said that the BJP is “spending millions of rupees to bring a party from Hyderabad to divide Muslim votes, “in an apparent reference to Mr. Owai’s party. The Lok Sabha MP said that Muslim voters are not from Ms. Banerjee “jagir“or property.
“A man was never born who can buy Asaduddin Owaisi with money. His accusation is unfounded and he is restless. He should worry about his own house, many of his are going to the BJP. He has insulted the voters of Bihar and the people who voted for us “said the head of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) a day after Ms Banerjee’s attack.
The Owai party, after its good performance in the Bihar assembly polls, announced that it will participate in the Bengal assembly elections next year.
AIMIM won five seats in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region of Bihar, on the border with West Bengal.
“To split the Muslim votes, the BJP is spending millions of rupees to bring in a party from Hyderabad. The plan is that the BJP will eat the Hindu votes, and this Hyderabad party will eat the Muslim votes. In the recent Bihar elections , they did the same. This match is a BJP team, “Ms Banerjee said at a rally in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday.
“So far you have only dealt with obedient Mir Jaffers and Sadiqs. You do not like Muslims who think and speak for themselves. You have insulted our voters in Bihar. Remember what happened to the parties in Bihar who kept blaming their failures on vote cutters. Muslim voters are not your jagir“Owaisi tweeted, responding to comments from the Trinamool boss.
When Owaisi announced that he would run candidates in Bengal next year, analysts said the move could split the minority vote and hurt Trinamool, which attracts the Muslim vote almost en bloc.
A fragmented minority vote would mean fewer votes for Trinamool. Therefore, dismantling AIMIM in Bengal and getting its members to join Trinamool is a masterstroke, analysts said.
Bengal will vote for the 294-member assembly in April or May next year.
(With inputs from PTI and ANI)
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