The Bharatiya Tribal Party had contested the 2017 Assembly elections in alliance with the Congress. AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.  Bharuch: The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) in Gujarat will contest upcoming local body polls in the state in alliance with the AIMIM, BTP chief Chhotu Vasava said on Saturday after AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel met him at his residence at Jhagadia in Bharuch district. Notably, Vasava had in December announced severing of ties with the Congress party in two district Panchayats in Narmada and Bharuch. "(Asaduddin) Owaisi is with the people who are fighting for the Indian Constitution. We will fight for our rights that are being taken away by the Narendra Modi government which is doing nothing for the poor...We will contest the upcoming elections to local bodies with the AIMIM," Vasava told reporters.