The voting is being held across 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are in the urban and 11,071 in rural areas, the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has reportedly been booked by the Delhi Police under sections 153A, 295, and 505 of the IPC.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed no one from the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra has contacted them for support in the upcoming elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from the state.
Overall, 25 accused, mostly Muslims, have been arrested by the police so far in connection with the violence that erupted after alleged stone-pelting on a `Shobha Yatra` in the Jahangirpuri on April 16 marking Hanuman Jayanti. The incident lead to widespread clashes leaving several people, including cops, injured
The AIMIM is willing to ally with NCP and Congress, which are constituents of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra, party MP Imtiaz Jaleel said, adding the Asaduddin Owaisi-led party is not the ’B’ team of BJP as alleged by mainstream parties.
Owaisi, however, had not explained under what provision of the Constitution, he would have two chief ministers in a single state.
Owaisi said the shots were fired near a toll plaza, puncturing the tyres of his vehicle but he was safe
Gama, who joined AIMIM a few days ago after serving Samajwadi Party for 22 years, said, "SP is the party of capitalists; after serving 22 years in the party we did not get any rights".
"Over Rs 35,000 crore of our taxpayers’ money has been invested in developmental works of Afghanistan. Now the Taliban has come there. The changes in Afghanistan are not good for India,” Asaduddin Owaisi said in reply to a question on the effect of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on UP politics.
AIMIM failed to win a seat out of the seven it contested in West Bengal. But, in last year's Bihar assembly elections, the party won five seats of the 20 it contested 20 in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region.
The hackers changed the Twitter profile name from AIMIM to 'Elon Musk' and also the profile picture of the handle was changed with the photo of Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
Asaduddin Owaisi said they will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Bhaagidaari Sankalp Morcha, a front of smaller parties.
In a series of tweets in Hindi, she said, "A news channel is broadcasting news since yesterday that in the upcoming UP Assembly elections, BSP will contest along with (Asaduddin) Owaisi's party AIMIM. This news is completely wrong, misleading and devoid of any fact. There is not even an iota of truth in this. The BSP vociferously denies this.”
Besides the CPI(M), DMK struck pacts with three local outfits, allotting them one seat each but they will contest on the Dravidian party's symbol in the April 6 assembly elections.
The Parliamentary Committee on Science and Technology, in its report submitted on February 3, called upon the government to effectively address the apprehensions.
Imtiaz Jaleel told PTI that his party planned to make an entry into Gujarat's political theatre after tasting success with five seats in the Bihar Assembly polls, results of which were declared on November 10.
With Asaduddin Owaisi’s appeal limited to only minority votes, TDP getting nearly wiped out in Telangana and Congress’ fortunes fading in the state following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the BJP is seeing an opening in the southern state to emerge as the main opposition to KCR’s TRS party.
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) fielded 16 of its 21 candidates in Seemanchal region and won five seats
The Grand Alliance can reach the winning number if it manages to get the AIMIM, Vikassheel Insaan Party and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) on its side.
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Asked once the final results are out and if there will be a need whether AIMIM will support RJD, the Hyderabad MP told reporters here counting was still going on and the final results are yet to be declared.
Addressing a protest here on Monday night against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), he said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah your police, the Delhi police was hurling stones along with the rioters. We condemn it(violence).. it is a matter of shame that violence occurred."
Police registered a case under the Section 124A (Offence of Sedition) of the Indian Penal Code against Leona.
He claimed that students of Jamia Milia Islamia University are suffering because of the action of Delhi Police.
Owaisi, who was addressing a protest meeting at Sangareddy town late on Saturday night against the amended citizenship law, also said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan need not worry about Indian Muslims.