All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul
Muslimeen (AIMIM) will campaign in the civic elections without an official
party manifesto. Party leaders on Saturday said that they have not prepared any
manifesto, but their aim for contesting elections will be expressed by their
leaders during rallies and party campaigns.The AIMIM party, which has been
banking on Muslim and Dalit votes, will make its debut in the BMC elections
this year by fielding 62 candidates.
While AIMIM leaders admitted to not
having a party manifesto at all for this election, the party has not gone soft
on its communal stance. AIMIM Mumbai president Shakir Patni said that the party
is committed to working for all minorities, which have been ignored by the Shiv
Sena so far, irrespective of these areas
being dominated by Muslims, Sikhs or
other minorities.
AIMIM has fielded 62 candidates for
the upcoming BMC polls, of which 12 are non-Muslims. Candidates have been
fielded from Govandi, Chembur, Byculla, Bandra, Kurla and Bhindi Bazar.
The party also claims that its
candidates are professionals (lawyer, doctors, engineers). AIMIM's MLA from
Telangana,confirmed that 80 per cent of the candidates are at
least graduates. AIMIM is confident that the party will win at least 35 seats
this time. "Once 35 corporators in the BMC are ours, we will ensure that
at least Rs 500 crore is allocated for minority development," said a party
leader.
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