New Delhi: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi said the INDIA bloc must explain why it failed to stop the NDA in Bihar. His party won five of the 28 seats it contested, all in the Seemanchal region. These wins mean the AIMIM will form nearly half of the Muslim representation in the new assembly. Owaisi said the mandate had been delivered with clarity. He said his party would offer constructive cooperation because the region needed focused development.
He said the INDIA bloc had no plan for Muslims. He said the bloc continued to treat Muslims as voters without rights. He said the Congress and RJD used the slogan of defeating the BJP without delivering progress. He argued that Muslim areas in Bihar had stayed underdeveloped. He said Seemanchal needed investment and attention, not symbolic gestures.
Owaisi said the Mahagathbandhan relied on the old MY formula. He said it failed because Muslims had started questioning the model. He pointed to a mismatch in ticket distribution. He said Yadavs formed 14 percent of the population but received more than one third of the tickets. He said Muslims received token representation. He said AIMIM had focused on Seemanchal for more than a decade. He said people across social groups supported the party because it raised issues of injustice in the region.
He dismissed charges that the AIMIM worked as a B team for the BJP. He said these charges collapsed once the INDIA bloc failed to stop the NDA. He said the results showed the need for new Muslim leadership. He said the party would contest in Uttar Pradesh. He said many voters were frustrated with leaders who avoided speaking about Muslim issues.
