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AIMIM is keen to join hands with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance. (Photo: PTI)
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is keen to join hands with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra with an aim to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that is currently ruling the state along with two other parties, former MP Imtiaz Jaleel has said.
Jaleel, who is the AIMIM’s state unit president, was talking to Marathi news channel ABP Majha after a meeting of the party in Mumbai.
“If they (MVA parties) take us along, it will be beneficial for them. If not, we are ready to move ahead alone…If they think we have some power and have a vote bank, then they will ask us, otherwise they will not,” Jaleel added.
He, however, refused to forge an alliance with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).
This is a result of the shock the ruling alliance received in the Lok Sabha elections, the former Lok Sabha member added.
Assembly elections in the state are likely to be held in October-November this year.
In the Lok Sabha polls held a few months back, the MVA won 31 out of the 48 parliamentary seats in the state, while the ruling alliance could bag only 17.
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First Published: Aug 20 2024 | 11:14 AM IST
