Owaisi collaborates with influential Islamic cleric to grab the Muslim vote financial institution from Mamata and guarantee her defeat

With the announcement of his determination to contest within the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections, Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), has definitely change into the reason for TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee’s worst nightmare. Presenting a frightening problem to Mamata’s penchant getting electoral beneficial properties by means of minority appeasement, it’s perceived that Owaisi will win a considerable Muslim vote within the state. Further placing a nail in TMC’s coffin of worry, Owaisi on Sunday met a younger chief, Abasuddin Siddiqui, in a two-hour-long assembly. This is critical as a result of the chief has been a critic of the Mamata Government and has been outspoken about her failed insurance policies.Siddiqui, in current months, has accused the TMC of not doing sufficient for the minority neighborhood and utilizing it as a vote financial institution as a substitute. He additionally occurs to be the younger scion of the Siddiqui household, who’s the custodian of the well-known Furfura Sharif Shrine, one of the crucial in style locations of pilgrimage in Bengal. Thus, he has a considerable Muslim affect within the state and him allying with Owaisi can’t be excellent news for Mamata.Owaisi said after the assembly, “The AIMIM will stand behind Abbas Siddiqui. We will work with him and strengthen his cause. I have decided to leave all decisions to Siddiqui. I am confident that our performance will be comparable to what we achieved in Bihar. Only the minority vote is not our target. We want to fight for tribal people and other backward classes as well. If anyone can stop the BJP, it is Siddiqui.”West Bengal’s Muslim inhabitants is projected to be 30% now, making the sect a really highly effective minority, having a deep affect on the election final result. Owaisi’s entry into the fray, contesting the vote of the exact same those that Mamata has relied on, since many years, is definitely going to be tumultuous for TMC. Due to this improvement, the perturbed TMC leaders are making all kinds of accusations, even going so far as to declare that Owaisi is on the BJP’s facet. Urban Development Minister of West Bengal, Firhad Hakim mentioned, “Neither Siddiqui nor AIMIM can rule Bengal. They can only help the BJP. We saw it happen in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.”Seeing proper by means of this, BJP State President Dilip Ghosh mentioned, “Owaisi can go to any party or contest polls anywhere. The BJP is not concerned. The TMC is worried because it treats the Muslim vote bank as its property. If the TMC really worked for the welfare of Muslims why should it be worried?”Calling on TMC’s paranoia, Owaisi additionally reiterated the truth that his occasion has nothing to do with BJP and additional underlined Mamata Banerjee’s diminishing affect in Bengal. Owaisi mentioned, “AIMIM did not contest the Lok Sabha polls and yet the BJP won 18 seats. How did that happen? Mamata Banerjee cannot even manage her own party. Her MLAs and MPs are joining the BJP every day. Our aim is to stop the BJP.” BJP’s rising recognition amongst the Hindu voters is hidden from none. To counter this, Mamata had counted on her loyal Muslim voters. But with these current developments, it appears that evidently the TMC Supremo doesn’t even have their help. Earlier, it was perceived that the Owaisi issue was only a vote cutter for the TMC, however now together with his affiliation with Abasuddin Siddiqui, the AIMIM is rising to be a serious problem for the TMC to face within the upcoming elections. This improvement will finally profit the BJP, which can little doubt, make use of the divided minority votes to emerge as the one largest occasion, releasing West Bengal from Mamata’s clutches.