Asaduddin Owaisi in Seemanchal to interact with people

PATNA: All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national president Asaduddin Owaisi arrived at Kishanganj on Friday on a three-day tour to Bihar's Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region, comprising four districts of Purnia division.
Owaisi, who is staying at a hotel in Kishanganj town, would participate in 'Seemanchal Adhikar Yatra' on March 18 and 19 to highlight the discrimination meted out with the region by the successive governments at the Centre and in the state, AIMIM state president Akhtarul Iman told TOI on Friday.
Iman added Owaisi would participate in different programmes in Balrampur, Baisi, Amour, Kochadhaman, Kishangnaj and Bahadurpur assembly constituencies on March 18 and 19, besides leading two 'Seemanchal Adhikar Padyatras' to highlight the backwardness of the region. During the padyatra, Owaisi would interact with common people, Iman said.
Earlier in the day, Owaisi was accorded warm welcome by senior leaders of the party's Bihar unit when he landed at Bagdogra (Siliguri) airport in West Bengal. From Bagdogra, Owaisi came to Kishanganj by roads.
The Hyderabad MP's three-day visit to Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region assumes political significance as it is being held just three weeks after the seven-party ruling Mahagathbandhan held a massive joint rally at Purnia on February 25 to counter the BJP's move to make sharp polarisation of voters on the line of religion ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Earlier in September 2022, Union home minister Amit Shah not only addressed a big rally in Purnia, but also stayed in Seemanchal region for two days to energise the party workers for the forthcoming Lok Sabha and Bihar assembly polls in 2024 and 2025, respectively.