Party sources said preparations are going on and suitable candidates will be identified to contest the election on party ticket
Hyderabad: The All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen is preparing itself to play a bigger role in the Bihar assembly elections to be conducted later this year.
The AIMIM party has seen Bihar as a favourable ground after Telangana and Maharashtra. In fact, in 2020 assembly elections the party won five seats Amour, Kochadhamam, Jokihat, Baisi and Bahadurgunj of the 20 seats it had contested in the State. However, four out of the five legislators quit the party and joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
The party in 2024 Lok Sabha elections contested from eight seats in the State. Unfortunately it could not win a single seat.
Party sources said preparations are going on and suitable candidates will be identified to contest the election on party ticket. The party is careful while identifying and selecting candidates having tasted bitterness after four of the party MLA’s defected to the RJD in 2020 after winning on AIMIM ticket.
The party sees the Seemanchal region as a favourable ground in Bihar. In the 2020 assembly elections it fielded 20 candidates of which 14 were in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region.
Seemanchal area comprises the districts of Purnia, Katihar, Araria and Kishanganj. It has a large Muslim population that has traditionally voted for the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress.
In last one decade the AIMIM had gained considerable ground in Bihar. It first contested in the 2015 Assembly election in six seats in Seemanchal without significance success. Again during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll it contested from some seats and its candidates were the runner-ups, or close behind, in some seats.
Nampally MLA, Mohammed Majid Hussain in-charge of party affairs in Bihar and the Akhtar ul Iman, AIMIM Bihar president and local MLA Amour from constituency are working together to help the party prosper in Bihar, source said.
