AIMIM planning to field candidates from Bihar’s Seemanchal in LS polls: Asaduddin Owaisi

“This time, apart from Kishanganj, we are planning to field party candidates in three more seats. The final decision will be taken very soon. Besides, I have met a delegation of our party leaders from Jharkhand, and we are also considering fielding our candidates in two to three seats in the neighbouring state in the Lok Sabha polls,” said the AIMIM chief, who is on a three-day tour of Seemanchal region, which has a high concentration of Muslims.

The Seeemanchal region comprises four northeastern districts of Bihar — Purnia, Araria, Kishanganj, and Katihar.

Speaking about the proposal to establish an Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus in Kishanganj, Owaisi, said, “The AMU campus in Kishanganj is still a non-starter; the BJP-led Union government and the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar are responsible for this. Administrative as well as technical hurdles in the construction of the AMU campus in Kishanganj can easily be resolved, if both the central and state governments take the matter seriously.”

“The construction work of the AMU campus in Kishanganj started during the UPA regime but the work later stopped. No efforts have been made to pursue the matter,” the Hyderabad MP said.

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Criticising Nitish Kumar

Commenting on Nitish Kumar’s ditching of the Mahagathbandhan and return to the NDA, Owaisi compared the Chief Minister to a “chameleon that frequently changes colour”.

“He (Kumar) also frequently changes his political allies,” Owaisi said.

He also accused the Chief Minister of not bothering about the development of the Seemanchal region.

In a public meeting in Kishanganj on Friday, the AIMIM chief had alleged that “communalism is on the rise since the ascent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power, and Muslims were being deprived of their due share in politics”.