AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi could not make a dent in Uttar Pradesh that has voted the BJP back to power. He was a part of the Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha combine that could not win a single seat in the state. Reacting to the poll results on Thursday, he said his party accepts the “people’s mandate”.
BJP won all eight seats in the district of Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, despite protests and calls for justice for those killed by the ruling party. “The minorities of Uttar Pradesh have been used as vote banks only,” says Telugu MP Ram Gopal Yadav. The 48-year-old MP from Hyderabad yet again raised the issue of minorities as he spoke of the BJP.
The AIMIM – which had fielded 100 candidates in UP this time – registered a vote share of.43 per cent. In the last state elections, the party had contested 38 seats. The Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha included the Jan Adhikari Party led by Babu Singh Kushwaha and Bharat Mukti Morcha led by Vaman Meshram.
Complete News Source: Hindustan Times
