CALCUTTA: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Sunday said Supreme TMC Mamata banerjeeInstead of pointing accusatory fingers at his outfit, he should introspect and determine how the BJP managed to win 18 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Owaisi, who was here for a meeting with Muslim cleric Abbasuddin Sidiqqui, rejected TMC’s claims that his party was a “BJP B-team” and would eat the votes from the field against saffron.
“We are a political party; we will establish our presence and fight against it. elections (in west bengal).
“… Bharat ke siyasat ka mai Laila hu, aur mere Majnu bahut hai, usse koi faraq nehi parta (I’m like Laila from popular folklore who has a lot of fans, but that doesn’t matter), “Owaisi told reporters, hinting that many parties wish to benefit from his political efforts.
Later, while speaking to a news channel, he said that his party had yet to decide whether to contest the election on its own or forge an alliance with another organization.
The AIMIM chief, however, emphasized that he has the support of ‘peerzada’ Siddiqui from Furfura Sharif, a highly revered shrine in the Hooghly district of Bengal.
Dismissing TMC’s claim that AIMIM assisted BJP leaders NDA He wins Bihar in the assembly elections, he said that his party had contested 20 seats in the neighboring state, of which it won five and the Mahagathbandhan nine, while the NDA managed to reunite six electoral districts.
“The TMC must do some introspection and find out what worked for the BJP during the Lok Sabha elections. The party must analyze why its members left …”, said Owaisi.
When asked about the issues he would highlight during his election campaigns in Bengal, he said that “underdevelopment and the political empowerment of the weakest sectors” would be the two main voting points for his party.
Earlier in the day, TMC senior leader and MP Sougata Roy said that “AIMIM was nothing more than a representative of the BJP.”
“Owaisi is well aware that Muslims here are mostly Bengali-speaking and will not support him. He is trying to forge ties with Abbas Siddiqui, but that will not bring any results. Muslims in Bengal strongly support Mamata Banerjee.” Roy said.
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