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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nNEW DELHI: With Uttar Pradesh set for assembly polls in 2027, AIMIM<\/a> supremo Asaduddin Owaisi<\/a> has thrown open the possibility of an alliance with parties looking to prevent the BJP from returning to power for a third straight term, saying no opposition party can take on the BJP alone.Owaisi, speaking to news agency ANI on Sunday, invited \u201clike-minded\u201d parties for talks and said AIMIM was prepared to work with them if the common objective was to keep the BJP out of power.\u201cWe do not want the BJP government to be formed for a third time in Uttar Pradesh. If anyone does not want the BJP to form the government, they can talk to us. We are ready to work with you to stop the BJP from coming to power. But it is important to understand that you cannot stop the BJP alone,\u201d he said.His outreach comes as political parties begin preparing for the 2027 contest in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP has been in power since 2017 under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath<\/a>.Owaisi, however, cautioned against viewing the coming election through the lens of previous polls, saying the political contest would have its own set of challenges.\u201cAssembly elections are coming. It won\u2019t be the 2014 election, nor the 2017 election, nor the 2019 election, nor the 2022 election. This is going to be a completely different election,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Owaisi pointed to AIMIM\u2019s experience in Bihar to underline the party\u2019s position on alliances. He said the party had approached several opposition leaders before the Bihar elections, seeking an alliance and asking for six seats, but the proposal did not find support.\u201cWe said this in Bihar as well, and our president, Akhtarul Iman, wrote a letter not just to the RJD or the Congress, but to all the CPI and Communist Party leaders. We said, \u2018Please give us six seats.\u2019 But they did not agree,\u201d he said.Despite the lack of an alliance, Owaisi said AIMIM would continue building its organisation in Uttar Pradesh. He claimed the party\u2019s leadership had developed from the grassroots and said its workers were already active across constituencies.\u201cOur party organisation has become quite strong. Our leadership has emerged at the grassroots level, and our leaders have a strong connection with the ground. The party is working hard on its part,\u201d he said.Hyderabad MP said alliance talks would not determine AIMIM\u2019s organisational plans.\u201cWhether we are in talks with whom or not is a different matter, but we will continue our work. If you want to stop the BJP, come and talk to us. We are ready to work with you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Turning to the Yogi-led BJP government, Owaisi alleged that several promises made by the party remained unfulfilled. He raised issues including governance, law and order, electricity and land disputes, saying these would become important themes in the election.He also criticised the previous Samajwadi Party government, drawing a comparison between the two regimes.\u201cWhen the Samajwadi Party was in power, one kind of hooliganism used to happen. Someone else did it. Now, under their government, a different kind of hooliganism is happening,\u201d Owaisi said.He also sought the public release of the SIT report into the alleged Ram Mandir embezzlement case and questioned how accused persons were securing bail.\u201cWhy isn\u2019t the SIT report released to the public? Why doesn\u2019t the government release it? And why are those people getting bail? How are they getting bail? It\u2019s strange. This will also be a big talking point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u2018We asked for six seats\u2019 in Bihar<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Owaisi targets BJP, SP over \u2018hooliganism\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n