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Bihar Results: AIMIM Set To Win 5 Seats! All Eyes On Owaisi's Post-Poll Alliance After Final Showdown

As the counting of votes is still underway and NDA is fighting neck-to-neck with the RJD-led Grand Alliance, Owaisi's AIMIM could play a key role once the election result is out.

New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, whose party has won 3 seats in Bihar assembly and is leading on another 2, in the state’s Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region, a former stronghold of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance), said that the decision of alliance will come after the results are declared. ALSO READ | Bihar Election Results: RJD Alleges Poll Fraud, Says 119 Winning Candidates Denied Certificates “The decision will be taken only after the final results of the Bihar Election are declared. Our fight is for development of Seemanchal (Bihar) which is one of the most backward areas of India,” Asaduddin Owaisi said on being asked if AIMIM will join hands with RJD to form government in Bihar. As the counting of votes is still underway and NDA is fighting neck-to-neck with the RJD-led Grand Alliance, Owaisi's AIMIM could play a key role once the election result is out. With the speculation that AIMIM may join hands with the Grand Alliance post-poll. Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a senior Congress leader, described Owaisi as a "vote-cutter" and asked secular parties to be "alert" about him. "BJP's tact of using (Asaduddin) Owaisi Sahab's party in the Bihar elections has succeeded to an extent. All secular parties should be alert about vote-cutter Owaisi Sahab," he was quoted. Responding to allegations leveled against the AIMIM of being a "vote-cutter", the AIMIM spokesperson Asim Waqar told the media, "Those calling us that have got a befitting reply and their mouths will now be shut in the future as well." Speaking about the post-poll alliance, the AIMIM spokesperson Asim Waqar made it clear that the party was not going anywhere with the BJP. "The decision [to back an alliance] will be taken by Asad (Owaisi) Sahab, but the reality is that our fight is against the BJP and for the country. So, the BJP and its alliance do not appear anywhere in our list,” Asim Waqar told the media ALSO READ | Bihar Elections 2020: See-Saw Battle Between BJP, RJD For Single Largest Party! Will Saffron Flag Emerge 'Atmanirbhar' In Bihar? According to the latest Election Commission data, AIMIM's candidates Syed Ruknuddin Ahmad and Shahnawaz won the Baisi and Jokihat assembly seats, respectively. Meanwhile, the party's candidate Akhtarul Iman is leading in Amour, Md Aznar Nayeemi is leading in Bahadurganj and MD Izhar Asfi is leading in Kochadhaman assembly constituency. The Hyderabad-based party had contested 20 seats in the Bihar polls, a majority of which went to polls in the third and final phase of elections on November 7. Asaduddin Owaisi's party had allied with Upendra Kushwaha's Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) under the banner of the Grand Democratic Secular Front.
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