Aimim

The protest under the banner of “Alliance Against CAA and NRC has drawn some big names in Urdu poetry including Bollywood lyricist Rahat Indori, Sampat Saral and Lata Haya. read more

“In solidarity with the brave students of JNU. This cruel attack is meant to ‘punish’ JNU students because they dared to stand up. It’s so bad that even Union Ministers are tweeting helplessly,” said AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday. read more

His act took the members of the Lok Sabha by surprise and it was met with a lot of protests from the treasury benches. read more

The AIMIM’s footprints in Bihar are beginning to worry the Trinamool Congress  in Bengal. read more

Assembly elections are due in West Bengal in 2021 and Owaisi has clearly expressed his intention to contest from the state. The AIMIM’s Bengal foray comes at a time when Mamata Banerjee is already under considerable pressure from the Bharatiya Janata... read more

In Byculla, the Sena’s Yamini Yadav defeated sitting AIMIM MLA Waris Pathan and Congress’s Madhukar Chavan. Jadhav got 51,180 votes, followed by Pathan (31,157) and Chavan (24,139). read more

The rise of Owaisi, 50, follows the ascent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationally, the tactical confusion among traditional secular parties over how to challenge it nationally, and his efforts to expand the AIMIM’s base beyond its traditional... read more

The BJP had fielded Sweety Singh from minority-dominated Kishanganj, where the party has not been very successful in the assembly segment in the past. The segment was once represented by her husband and local BJP veteran Sikander Singh. read more

Asaduddin Owaisi slammed the BJP-led government as he panned the Triple Talaq law and said that the government should give reservation to Muslims just as it has given to Marathas. read more

The Hyderabad-based party had earlier ended its alliance with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), led by Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar. read more

Though AIMIM didn’t announce its exact plan as to whether it would contest on all seats or foment an alliance with other parties but its leaders expressed hope that the party would win 10-12 seats in Jharkhand polls. read more

The AIMIM, led by Asaduddin Owaisi, had contested on six assembly seats in the 2015 Bihar polls, mostly in Seemanchal region. read more

Sena mouthpiece Saamana’s editorial, hit out at VBA president Prakash Ambedkar while claiming that vote-bank politics around one religion and caste does not succeed in Maharashtra. read more

Ambedkar accused the Congress leadership of not responding to his constant pleas for alliance. “Our VBA leaders were in touch with the Central Congress leadership, but the response was lacklustre. read more

Owaisi alleged the whole idea behind the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories is to change the demography of the state. read more