Overview
- Owaisi questioned the BJP’s infiltration rhetoric by invoking Sheikh Hasina’s stay in India and asked why agencies under the Home Ministry have not stopped any alleged influx.
- He accused the BJP of excluding Muslims from representation, noting the party has fielded no Muslim candidates in the 101 seats it is contesting in Bihar.
- AIMIM has announced 25 candidates with a heavy focus on Seemanchal’s four districts, with polling set for November 6 and 11 and counting on November 14.
- He criticized the opposition alliance for leaving AIMIM out and for projecting Mukesh Sahani as deputy chief minister, arguing Bihar’s roughly 17% Muslim population deserves proportionate power and leadership opportunities.
- In an interview and rallies, he attacked Bihar’s development record as two phases of ‘Jungle Raj,’ rejected Prashant Kishor’s advice to stay out of the state, and reiterated his legal and political opposition to the Waqf law.