Amaravati: AIMIM party chief Asaduddin Owaisi accused the BJP for being a communal party. He said that in the GHMC polls, 48 BJP leaders have been elected as corporators, but none of them is from the Muslim community, whereas out of 44 AIMIM corporators, three are Hindus.
Owaisi told The Daily Guardian, “Many have said that I am a vote cutter and supporter of this party and that party. They made the same kind of allegations when we contested in Bihar. We did not have any alliance with the TRS in Telangana. We contested against TRS candidates everywhere. The AIMIM will take a decision on entry into West Bengal elections. I will let you know about the entry, but we don’t enter Kerala or Assam. In Kerala, IUML is there and Assam Ajmal’s party is there. They are doing a great service. They are our friendly parties.”
Owaisi said that there is still two months to form a civic body in Hyderabad; so after “consulting all the corporations and our party leaders, the AIMIM will take a decision”. No party got a clear-cut mandate in Hyderabad. In the Hyderabad municipal polls, out of 150 seats, TRS won 56, BJP 48 and AIMIM 44 seats. The magic figure is 76, but no party has got it.