Owaisi, Ambedkar tie-up may upset Congess-NCP arithmetic in Maharashtra

The Shiv Sena refers to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and the AIMIM is the second-largest party in the municipal corporation there

Sunil Gatade 

A new front is taking shape in BJP-ruled Maharashtra, having the capability of upsetting the calculations of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance (Congress-NCP), being fashioned by Sharad Pawar.

The Prakash Ambedkar-led Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), by joining hands, have the potential to stir up the politics of the state and cut into the Congress’s Dalit-Muslim votes. The Bhim-Mim alliance (Bhim means followers of Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mim is the short form of the AIMIM) broadcast ...

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First Published: Sun, October 07 2018. 21:18 IST