Furfura sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats political oufit, hopeful of tie-up with Left-Congress | India News
Abbas Siddiqui, influential cleric of Hooghly’s Furfura Sharif, launches his new party Indian Secular Front. (PTI) NEW DELHI: In a development that might upset several political equations in election-bound Bengal, Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui of Hooghly district's Furfura Sharif on Thursday floated a new political outfit, contending that he wishes to be the kingmaker after the polls. The influential Muslim cleric said his new outfit -- Indian Secular Front (ISF) - plans to contest the elections from all 294 assembly seats in the state. The pirzada also said that a "possible tie-up with the Left...
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