The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) is the new player in Maharashtra’s pollscape and stunned political ring with 2 seats in Maharashtra and leading on few. The party made a quiet entry into the state earlier winning 13 Nanded civic body seats. This time, the outfit is contesting 23 assembly constituencies, 12 in Mumbai.
MIM Sunday notched three stunning victories in the Maharashtra assembly polls and was leading in a fourth constituency.
Bagging 25,314 votes, MIM’s Warish Yusuf Pathan won from Byculla in Mumbai, trouncing BJP strongman Madhukar G. Chavan and Akhil Bharatiya Sena’s Geeta Gawli.
MIM’s Imtiyaz Jalik was elected from Aurangabad Central, defeating his nearest Shiv Sena rival Pradeep Jaiswal by 30,000 votes, said party spokerperson Danish Reyaz.
In Nanded South, MIM’s Moin Akhtar was leading by over 4,000 votes over his nearest BJP rival Dilip Rao.
The party, headed by Asaduddin Owaisi, fielded 24 candidates in the state.