AIMIM to contest 17 seats in West Bengal Assembly elections

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is likely to contest on 17 seats in the West Bengal Assembly elections. The party is contesting the polls in alliance with former Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir’s Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP).City & Local Guides

The AIMIM has released its first list of 12 candidates on



Friday and is expected to announce its second list soon. “The names of five more are being finalised in consultation with the West Bengal party unit. The second list will be released soon,” said a party source.

The AIMIM is focusing on minority community-dominated constituencies in West Bengal in the current elections.