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Hans India
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
AIMIM signals readiness to ‘contest alone'
New Delhi: Amid rising political activity ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, AIMIM's state unit president Akhtarul Iman said on Monday that while his party was open to joining the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan), it was fully prepared to contest alone, if excluded. This statement comes as AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi expressed interest in aligning with the opposition bloc to take on the ruling BJP-led NDA in Bihar. However, the response from the Grand Alliance has been lukewarm so far. RJD MP Manoj Jha recently suggested that the AIMIM should stay out of the elections and instead offer 'in-principle' support to the Mahagathbandhan. Notably, key alliance leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav have yet to respond. Speaking to IANS, Iman emphasised that the AIMIM's proposal to join the alliance stemmed from a larger concern for democracy and secularism in Bihar. 'In the last Bihar election, we expressed a desire to form a larger alliance. No single party in Bihar can defeat communal forces alone,' Iman said. 'Wanting unity is not our weakness, it is our generosity. We have already won five seats and can fight independently. But for the sake of Bihar's people, for secularism and law and order, we are willing to collaborate. Democracy is shrinking. Businessmen are being murdered in broad daylight, girls are unsafe, and mob lynchings are happening. It's essential to unite against these challenges.' Responding to Manoj Jha's comment that the AIMIM should stay out of the race, Iman said: 'If Manoj Jha wants to give advice, he can do so as a professor. Being an MP isn't required for that. We haven't sent a letter to him; we sent it to Lalu Prasad Yadav, who, along with Tejashwi Yadav, holds the authority to decide on alliance matters. I don't consider others authorised to speak on this issue and prefer not to comment further.' Iman also reacted to the ongoing controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The process, led by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has drawn sharp criticism from the opposition, including the Congress, which alleges that it is a ploy by the BJP to disenfranchise marginalised voters. The AIMIM echoed these concerns, warning that the revision process could unfairly target the underprivileged and illiterate. 'This entire exercise appears to be directed by the BJP during election time, which is extremely dangerous,' Iman said. 'It's like the ECI has issued a 'Tughlaqi Farman' - an arbitrary order made without understanding ground realities.'
Hans India
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
AIMIM signals readiness to 'contest alone' if left out of grand alliance in Bihar
Amid rising political activity ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, AIMIM's state unit President Akhtarul Iman said on Monday that while his party is open to joining the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan), it is fully prepared to contest alone if excluded. This statement comes as AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi expressed interest in aligning with the opposition bloc to take on the ruling BJP-led NDA in Bihar. However, the response from the Grand Alliance has been lukewarm so far. RJD MP Manoj Jha recently suggested that the AIMIM should stay out of the elections and instead offer "in-principle" support to the Mahagathbandhan. Notably, key alliance leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav have yet to respond. Speaking to IANS, Iman emphasised that the AIMIM's proposal to join the alliance stems from a larger concern for democracy and secularism in Bihar. 'In the last Bihar election, we expressed a desire to form a larger alliance. No single party in Bihar can defeat communal forces alone,' Iman said. "Wanting unity is not our weakness, it is our generosity. We have already won five seats and can fight independently. But for the sake of Bihar's people, for secularism and law and order, we are willing to collaborate. Democracy is shrinking. Businessmen are being murdered in broad daylight, girls are unsafe, and mob lynchings are happening. It's essential to unite against these challenges." Responding to Manoj Jha's comment that the AIMIM should stay out of the race, Iman said: "If Manoj Jha wants to give advice, he can do so as a professor. Being an MP isn't required for that. We haven't sent a letter to him; we sent it to Lalu Prasad Yadav, who, along with Tejashwi Yadav, holds the authority to decide on alliance matters. I don't consider others authorised to speak on this issue and prefer not to comment further." Iman also reacted to the ongoing controversy over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The process, led by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has drawn sharp criticism from the opposition, including the Congress, which alleges that it is a ploy by the BJP to disenfranchise marginalised voters. The AIMIM echoed these concerns, warning that the revision process could unfairly target the underprivileged and illiterate. "This entire exercise appears to be directed by the BJP during election time, which is extremely dangerous," Iman said. "It's like the ECI has issued a 'Tughlaqi Farman' - an arbitrary order made without understanding ground realities." He questioned the ECI's demand for documents like birth certificates from those born before 1987, and parental birth certificates for those born after 2004. "In Bihar, civil registration is very poor. Only 2 per cent of people have passports. Many are undereducated, and asking for these documents just months before the elections is impractical. People may have lost their documents, and this could lead to disenfranchisement," he said. The final voter list is set to be published in August, while the Assembly elections are due in November. Iman fears that thousands could be left out of the rolls by then. "In the name of cleaning up the voter list, they are actually depriving the people of Bihar of their fundamental right to vote," he added.
India Gazette
02-07-2025
- Automotive
- India Gazette
"BJP's 10-year vehicle ban will force 62 lakh to buy new vehicles; profits only auto giants while tormenting Delhiites": Atishi
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday slammed the Delhi BJP government for its 'Tughlaqi' order, declaring it anti-people and pro-corporate. AAP has denounced the abrupt directive to remove 60 lakh vehicles older than 10 years from Delhi's roads, describing it as a 'Tughlaqi diktat' designed to benefit automobile manufacturers at the expense of ordinary citizens. According to an official release, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi, pointed out that the BJP is colluding with vehicle manufacturers to force mass vehicle replacement. She demanded that the BJP come clean and tell the people of Delhi the exact amount it has received in donations from automobile companies for elections. 'This is the real reason behind the sudden ban on old vehicles,' Atishi said, as per the release. 'The BJP government has imposed a 'Tughlaqi Farman' aimed solely at harassing Delhiites. Under this order, vehicles older than 10 years will be denied fuel and will be forced off the roads. This means 62 lakh vehicles will have to be removed overnight--40 lakh two-wheelers and 20 lakh four-wheelers,' Atishi added. Highlighting the disruption this move would cause to ordinary lives, Atishi said, 'Most working-class people in Delhi rely on two-wheelers to commute to their offices. How are these 40 lakh motorcyclists supposed to reach work now? How will they go about their daily lives?' Sharpening her attacks further, Atishi said that the BJP's order was nothing short of a 'Tughlaqi, baseless, and illogical decree.' 'The age of a vehicle has nothing to do with the pollution it causes. Well-maintained vehicles, even if old, do not emit pollution. An old vehicle does not automatically mean a heavily used vehicle. Some cars run three lakh kilometres in just seven years, while others, even after 15 years, haven't clocked more than 50,000 kilometres. According to the BJP's order, a vehicle that has run three lakh kilometres can stay on the road, but one that's done only 50,000 must go. If this isn't draconian, what is?' the AAP leader said. Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia took to 'X' and wrote, 'In just five months, even children in Delhi have realised that BJP leaders have no idea how to run a government. All they know is how to harass people, loot them, demolish their homes, and ruin lives. How will stopping the petrol supply to 10-year-old cars and bikes reduce pollution? All this has done is bring windfall profits to petrol pumps on Delhi's borders in UP and Haryana. These pumps now have long queues, and 90 per cent of the people in those lines are Delhi residents with 10-year-old vehicles.' Sisodia mentioned further that the people who only needed to travel 5-10 kilometres are now driving 15-20 kilometres to petrol pumps near Delhi's borders just to get fuel and drive within the city. 'Tell me, isn't this increasing pollution, traffic congestion, and the suffering of the common man? That's why we say, these people can't run a government--they only know how to trouble the public,' the AAP leader said. (ANI)
