Overview
- Sahar Sheikh, 22, declared that within five years every winning candidate in Mumbra would be from AIMIM and said the area should be “completely painted green.”
- A widely shared post quoted her as saying “drive Hindus out,” leading to accusations of hate speech and calls for action, though reports have not detailed any official proceedings.
- AIMIM expanded its footprint in the municipal polls, winning 125 seats across 13 corporations and increasing its Mumbra councillors from two to five.
- News18 reported that AIMIM won five of 131 seats in the Thane Municipal Corporation results, outperforming Congress, which drew a blank, and Shiv Sena (UBT), which took one seat.
- Sheikh’s rise is linked to local realignments, with NCP factional splits and a rift between her father Yunus Sheikh and Jitendra Awhad, as well as high NOTA totals in Mumbra that she cited as a sign of voter disillusionment.