Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s party, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), has put up 24 candidates in Bihar. In the last elections, the AIMIM won five seats and damaged the prospects of the Congress and the RJD in several other seats.

DH caught up with Owaisi and asked whether its entry in Bihar helps the BJP at the cost of the I.N.D.I.A. bloc. Owaisi also spoke about his plans for the next Assembly polls in Karnataka.

How has the journey been since you first contested in Bihar in 2015?

This is our third election. This area has been very beneficial, and the people have blessed us. We won a byelection from Kishanganj in 2019 and then five seats in 2020. In the last Lok Sabha polls, we got over two lakh votes.

One question everyone asks is: why would a party based in Hyd

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