Explained | The Owaisi factor in poll-bound Bengal
The AIMIM made a debut in the Bihar Assembly through the Kishanganj bypoll in October last year. Like Bihar, Owaisi has been working in West Bengal for quite some time. The AIMIM is gearing up for its new mission for which the party held its first meeting with its Bengal unit in Hyderabad on Saturday.
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AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (Photo: PTI)
Bihar gave Asaduddin Owaisi a high five in the recently concluded Assembly elections, sending five All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) legislators to its House. From Bihar, Owaisi hopes to catapult his success into West Bengal where a high-stakes electoral battle is coming up.