AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s Thursday rally was to have kickstarted his Bengal polls marketing campaign (File)
Kolkata:
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s Kolkata rally – to kickstart the social gathering’s marketing campaign forward of Bengal Meeting election due in April-Might – has been cancelled after the police refused permission, social gathering chief Zameerul Hasan was quoted by information company PTI on Wednesday night time.
Mr Hasan stated the social gathering – which the Trinamool has attacked as one “introduced in to divide Muslim votes (that may usually fall to the ruling social gathering)” – had utilized for permission 10 days in the past, and had been solely knowledgeable of the rejection this night.
“We had utilized 10 days again for permission. However at the moment we had been knowledgeable by the police that they won’t allow us to carry the rally… we won’t be cowed down by such ways of the ruling Trinamool. We’ll focus on and shortly announce a recent date,” Mr Hasan stated.
Thursday’s rally was to have taken place within the Muslim-dominated Metiabruz area of Kolkata – which falls within the parliamentary constituency represented by Abhishek Banerjee, who’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew – and be headlined by Mr Owaisi.
The police haven’t commented and Trinamool leaders have denied involvement, though they had been fast, as soon as once more, to assault the “proxy of the BJP”.
“We’ve got no position in allowing a rally organised by AIMIM which is nothing however a proxy of the BJP in Bengal,” Trinamool MP Sougata Roy stated, including, “Muslims listed below are principally Bengali-speaking and will not help him… stand firmly with Mamata Banerjee.”
The Trinamool’s mistrust of the AIMIM was underlined by Ms Banerjee final month; she stated “… a celebration from Hyderabad… takes cash from the BJP… to get Muslims votes so Hindus vote for BJP”.
Mr Owaisi and the AIMIM come to Bengal after a very good outcome within the Bihar election; the social gathering received 5 of the 20 seats it contested and picked up 14.28 per cent of the votes in these seats.
He visited Bengal final month to debate a possible alliance with Abbas Siddiqui at Furfura Sharif, a spot of spiritual significance for Bengali Muslims, and to ask him to be the AIMIM face.
Final week, nevertheless, Mr Siddiqui and his Indian Secular Entrance (ISF) had been said to have joined the Congress-Left-led opposition, based on Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Right now Mr Siddiqui stated talks had been nonetheless occurring and that he would not oppose Mr Owaisi’s AIMIM.
The BJP, in the meantime, has scoffed at each the AIMIM’s involvement in Bengal and the Trinamool’s declare of an settlement between the 2 opposition events. Off the document in addition they say they count on Mr Owaisi’s presence to harm Ms Banerjee, given she counts on Muslim votes.
Thirty per cent of Bengal voters are Muslim and analysts say they vote for Ms Banerjee en masse, making her nearly invincible. To counter this, the BJP has accused her of “Muslim appeasement”. Mr Owaisi’s presence – another for that Muslim vote – may very well be a pink flag for the Trinamool.
With enter from ANI, PTI
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