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Owaisi, Ambedkar tie-up may upset Congess-NCP arithmetic in Maharashtra

The Shiv Sena refers to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and the AIMIM is the second-largest party in the municipal corporation there

The Prakash Ambedkar-led BBM and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM , by joining hands, have the potential to stir up the politics of Maharashtra	Photo: Twitter
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The Prakash Ambedkar-led BBM and Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM , by joining hands, have the potential to stir up the politics of Maharashtra Photo: Twitter

Sunil Gatade
A new front is taking shape in BJP-ruled Maharashtra, having the capability of upsetting the calculations of the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance (Congress-NCP), being fashioned by Sharad Pawar.

The Prakash Ambedkar-led Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), by joining hands, have the potential to stir up the politics of the state and cut into the Congress’s Dalit-Muslim votes.

The Bhim-Mim alliance (Bhim means followers of Bhimrao Ambedkar and Mim is the short form of the AIMIM) broadcast its arrival in two rallies in Solapur and Aurangabad. And those by no means could be described as ordinary mobilisation.

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