Assembly Polls 2021
From West Bengal to Tamil Nadu, the race to win the assembly elections has begun. In the upcoming West Bengal elections, BJP and TMC are trying every possible way to convince the public of West Bengal to vote for them. On the other hand, Tamil Nadu is seeing some alliances and agreements between national and regional parties.
In West Bengal, the Congress-Left coalition, in collaboration with other groups, has made plans to make the case moot. Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui and his Indian Secular Front (ISF), which is linked to Furfura Sharif Dargah and close to Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee, are also part of this alliance. The coalition is negotiating for seats with the front.
EXCLUSIVE: Must remove Mamata first to stop BJP, says Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui
EXCLUSIVE: Must remove Mamata first to stop BJP, says Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui
Abbas Siddiqui, the pirzada of Furfura Sharif who floated his own party Indian Secular Front, spoke to India Today about his alliance with the Congress and Left, CM Mamata Banerjee and his uncle Tora.
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UPDATED: March 3, 2021 03:35 IST
Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui at the launch of his party Indian Secular Front in Kolkata on January 21, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
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The pirzada of Furfura Sharif, Abbas Siddiqui said let EC decide if we are communal
Hyderabad: With the Indian Secular Front (ISF) formally joining the Congress-Communist Party of India (Marxist) alliance for the upcoming West Bengal (WB)
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Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Hooghly’s Furfura Sharif, launches his new party Indian Secular Front.
The Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in West Bengal s Hooghly, has joined the Congress-Left alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls in the eastern state. The announcement was made by Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Left Front Chairman Biman Bose on Tuesday at a joint press conference in Kolkata. In the upcoming 2021 assembly elections, we will fight as an alliance of the Left Front, Congress and the Indian Secular Front, Chowdhury said. Not just the ISF, he said, the RJD and several other smaller parties will also be accommodated in the alliance.