MIM Has Created History In Maharashtra: Owaisi

Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi thanked the voters of Maharashtra for ensuring the victory of his Party's candidates from two Assembly segments.

Addressing a press conference at Darul Salaam on Sunday evening, Owaisi said that the AIMIM had won two seats - Aurangabad Central and Byculla - and emerged runner up in 3 other seats.

Thanking the voters for their overwhelming response to the Party, which contested for the first time in elections to the Maharashtra Assembly, he said that the elections were a humbling and learning experience.

"There are certain weaknesses which would like to remove. Now we've got a platform, and we will build it from here. We will overcome some organisational weaknesses," he said.

Owaisi said that the MIM's performance in the Maharashtra elections was beyond anyone's imagination. He said that many people did not expect the MIM to win any seats.

"By making an entry into the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the MIM has created history," he said, adding that now the Party would plan forays into Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

"Now we cannot be stopped. We will go everywhere," he announced.

MIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi recalled the difficulties that MIM leaders faced in campaigning for the Maharashtra elections.

He said that many cases were booked, and obstacles were created at every stage.

"Although we won only two seats, our victory is unprecedented," he said.

Akbar Owaisi said that the MIM would prove its might in the forthcoming municipal elections in Maharashtra.

MIM legislators Syed Pasha Quadri, Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Ahmed Balala and Syed Amin Jafferi, and other leaders were also present. (INN)