DMK hopes for minority votes, but Owaisi may spoil the party
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Chennai, March 6 : The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) and its leader MK Stalin have been on a high with the possibility of support from the state s Muslim vote bank in the upcoming assembly polls. The DMK s alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)and Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam(MMK) ,the two major Muslim political parties, has made them optimistic.
But the announcement by Asaddudin Owaisi that his party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AiMIM) will contest elections on 25 seats may turn out to be a concern for the DMK.
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Saturday March 6, 2021 5:33 PM, IANS
Chennai: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) and its leader MK Stalin have been on a high with the possibility of support from the state s Muslims in the upcoming assembly polls.
The DMK s alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (MMK), the two major Muslim political parties, has made them optimistic.
But the announcement by Asaddudin Owaisi that his party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), will contest elections on 25 seats may turn out to be a concern for the DMK.
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Indian Secular Front founder Abbas Siddiqui.
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As it stands now, the Muslim vote is most likely to get divided between the Congress-Left-ISF gathbandhan and the Trinamool.
And that is sure to work to the advantage of the BJP in many constituencies.
The newly-formed Congress-Left alliance in Bengal has
started seat-sharing talks with the fledgling Indian Secular Front (ISF) formed by Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui.
The sole intention of the Congress-Left combine of including the Islamic party in their
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UPDATED: February 7, 2021 09:54 IST
If Owaisi (right) contests Bengal election alone, his AIMIM would be in direct clash with Mamata Banerjee’s (left) TMC. (Photo: PTI)
Muslims comprise around 30 per cent of voters in West Bengal, where assembly election is expected in April-May. Muslim voters are considered to be the deciding factor in a Bengal election.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (File photo: Reuters)
Mamata Banerjee was in south Bengal s Pursurah today to address her first public gathering in Hooghly district in the run-up to assembly elections just weeks away. The rally was symbolic in the Trinamool Congress s electoral schemes, primarily due to two reasons.