MAHARASHTRA :
The party also registered a good showing in Amravati, Solapur and Pune.
The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has entered the Brihanmumbai Corporation for the first time with two members, with Gulnaaz Salim Qureshi winning from Ward number 92 and Shahnawaz Sheikh from Ward 145. Apart from the Mumbai civic polls, AIMIM also registered a strong showing in the Amravati and Solapur, winning ten seats each in the civic bodies.
The party also had winning candidates in Pune, Akola and Thane.
Hyderabad-based Owaisi conducted 32 rallies in 20 days. “Five candidates of MIM won 22,000 votes in Byculla, so the assembly constituency votes are matched. But the Muslim vote bifurcation happened between Samajwadi Party and Congress, and that helped the Shiv Sena and BJP to win,” said Waris Pathan, the party’s MLA from Byculla.
But Prakash Akolkar, Political Editor, Sakaal said that, “The voting in Mumbai has proved that Muslim voters doesn’t vote in a set pattern as per the orders of religious leaders. They have voted strategically.”
source: http://www.mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com / Mumbai Mirror / Home> Mumbai> Other / by Alka Dhupkar, Mumbai Mirror / August 04th, 2017