Hyderabadi Fanatics eye Uttar Pradesh greedily

by Guest Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:19 pm

LUCKNOW: After tasting blood in Maharashtra, where the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) won two seats, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is all set to turn his attention to Uttar Pradesh. Not ruling out a formal launch of the party in UP ahead of the 2017 Assembly elections, the MIM-projecting itself as the next "Muslim league" with a pan-India presence -will also launch its office in Lucknow in November. Other stops are West Bengal and Bihar, where elections are due soon.

Speaking to TOI over phone from London, Hyderabad MP and MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, said, "We have been building our base in Uttar Pradesh. In Maharashtra, we realized we could have done better if we had started sooner and changed our electoral a strategy. In UP, we have time to strengthen our presence."

Owaisi's UP dreams were fired by MIM's show in Maharashtra where it bagged two seats, lost three by a narrow margin and finished third in nine constituencies. Overall, MIM polled over 5.13 lakh votes, even though it fielded, in many cases, political novices.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/After-Maharashtra-show-MIM-eyes-UP-Muslims/articleshow/44903616.cms

by Guest Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:35 pm

The Hyderabad based MIM party is a party with a vote bank. This vote bank consists of the muslim voter. It is interesting that the MIM's future is suddenly looking a lot rosier now that the BJP is in power. What we are seeing is a kind of competitive communalism--hindu communalism and muslim communalism feeding off each other and growing.
The MIM has done well in the Maharashtra elections by winning two seats and coming second in three seats and third in nine seats(better than Raj Thackeray's MNS which won only one seat) and is now targeting Uttar Pradesh. I hope the muslim voter of UP has greater sagacity than his maharashtrian counterpart, and rejects the MIM comprehensively. (All MIM candidates who stand for elections in UP should lose their deposits.)

Hyderabadi Fanatics eye Uttar Pradesh greedily

Hyderabadi Fanatics eye Uttar Pradesh greedily

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