"Owaisi wanted to keep the meeting a secret as we were apprehensive that the state government might have stopped him from exiting the airport. From Kolkata airport, he went straight to Hooghly to meet Abbas Siddiqui. He will leave for Hyderabad this afternoon," AIMIM state secretary Zameerul Hassan told reporters.
Updated Jan 03, 2021 | 15:50 IST
This is Owaisi s first visit to West Bengal following his announcement to contest elections in the state. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi | Photo Credit: PTI
Furfura Sharif (WB): AIMIM supremo Assaduddin Owaisi on Sunday arrived at Furfura Sharif in Bengal s Hooghly district and held discussions on the state s political scenario and upcoming assembly polls with prominent Muslim leader Abbas Siddiqui, sources in his party said.
This is Owaisi s first visit to West Bengal following his announcement to contest elections in the state. Owaisi wanted to keep the meeting a secret as we were apprehensive that the TMC government would stop him from exiting the airport. From Kolkata airport, he went straight to Hooghly to meet Abbas Siddiqui. He will leave for Hyderabad in the afternoon, AIMIM state secretary Zameerul Hassan said.
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Assaduddin Owaisi visits Bengal, discusses assembly polls with influential Muslim cleric
AIMIM supremo Assaduddin Owaisi on Sunday arrived at Futura Sharif in Bengalâs Hooghly district and held discussions on the stateâs political scenario and upcoming assembly polls with prominent Muslim leader Abbas Siddiqui, sources in his party said.
This is Owaisiâs first visit to West Bengal following his announcement to contest elections in the state.
âOwaisi wanted to keep the meeting a secret as we were apprehensive that the TMC government would stop him from exiting the airport. From Kolkata airport, he went straight to Hooghly to meet Abbas Siddiqui. He will leave for Hyderabad in the afternoon,â AIMIM state secretary Zameerul Hassan said.
Earlier, Owaisi had decided to hold a virtual meeting with Siddiqui, but he changed his mind at the eleventh hour and flew down to Bengal to pay him a visit.
Assaduddin Owaisi Discusses West Bengal Assembly Poll Tie-up with Influential Bengali Muslim Cleric
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AIMIM chief Assaduddin Owaisi met an influential Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui here on Sunday to discuss possibility of an alliance for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls and accused the ruling TMC of failing to stop the BJP s surge in the state. Talking to reporters after a two-hour meeting with Siddiqui at Furfara Sharif in Hooghly district, Owaisi refrained from launching any tirade against the saffron party.
This was Owaisi s first visit to West Bengal following his announcement that his party would contest elections in the state with a strength following its stupendous performance in the assembly polls in neighbouring Bihar. Owaisi, during his whirlwind five-hour-long tour of Bengal, rejected TrinamooL Congress claim that his party was a B-team of the BJP , and would eat into anti-saffron camp votes.