Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM to contest 50 assembly seats in Bihar polls

PATNA: With an eye on Muslim votes, Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday said it would contest minimum 50 seats in the forthcoming assembly polls in Bihar.
“The number of seats may increase as our organization is still conducting a survey to find out more seats from where the AIMIM can field its candidate,” the party Bihar unit chief and former MLA Akhtarul Iman said here on Tuesday.
The AIMIM had contested six seats in the 2015 assembly polls in Bihar. But it could not register victory from any of the six seats. Later in a bye-election, the party registered its maiden victory from Kishanganj assembly seat in Bihar.
Iman on Tuesday announced to field his candidates from 18 more assembly seats in Bihar. Earlier on June 10 this year, the party had announced to field its candidates from 32 seats.
“Thus, the AIMIM has so far identified altogether 50 seats to field its candidates in the coming assembly polls in Bihar,” the party’s youth wing chief Aadil Hasan told TOI on Tuesday.
Hasan said, the 18 seats which were announced on Tuesday are Kochadhaman, Kishanganj, Bahadurganj, Thakurganj, Kasba, Araria, Narpatganj, Chhatapur, Pranpur, Jale, Darbhanga Town, Sugauli, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Purnia, Dhamdaha, Piro (Bhojpur) and Manihari assembly seats.
He said the party would announce another set of seats in the next few days.