Overview

• AIMIM state president Akhtarul Iman confirmed the party will form a third front unless the INDIA bloc responds to its alliance overtures.
• Disappointed by its exclusion from a June 30 manifesto subcommittee, it has empowered its Bihar unit to make independent electoral decisions.
• Talks are under way with like-minded regional parties as AIMIM seeks to consolidate minority voters and challenge the Nitish Kumar–led NDA government, which it accuses of two decades of misrule.
• The party plans to field candidates across its Seemanchal stronghold in Kishanganj, Purnea, Katihar and Araria districts.
• AIMIM’s 2020 win of five Seemanchal seats followed by four MLA defections to the RJD highlights the high stakes in its regional strategy.