TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ Ahead of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said that he had come to the state to defeat the BJP. Mounting a severe attack on Samajwadi Party, Owaisi claimed that Muslims has been cheated in the name of secularism and that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen party had made all booth-level arrangements to contest 100 out of the total 403 assembly seats in UP.
Starting his political campaign in the poll-bound state from Ayodhya, Owaisi also said that his party’s goal was to develop strong Muslim leadership in the state. “Our first effort is that our Muslim leadership should be developed in the biggest state of the country that is Uttar Pradesh,” he said. Addressing a rally at Rasulabad village in the Muslim-dominated constituency of Rudauli in Ayodhya, the AIMIM leader urged Muslims not to live “in the shadows” and alleged that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has always created fear among the community.
“Nineteen percent (of voters) are Muslims and nine percent are Yadavs, but the chief minister will be yours (of the Yadav clan) and we (Muslims) will not even get the job of a peon,” the AIMIM chief said targeting the Samajwadi Party which has been relying on the Muslim-Yadav combination for victory in the state. Owaisi claimed that Yadav voters were not voting for Muslim candidates. He alleged that other political parties do not want the Muslim leadership to develop in the country and said Muslims were “helpless” in Uttar Pradesh as they have been denied their “share”. “Everyone got a share in UP, but the Muslims of UP did not get their share. Muslims have been cheated in the name of secularism, ” Owaisi alleged.
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