Hours before the Election Commission announces the dates for the Bihar election, AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has made a high-voltage political remark, saying that every community in Bihar has its leader, but Muslims don't.
Reaching out to the minority community in the poll-bound state, Mr Owaisi said, "Yadav, Paswan, Thakur - every community has its own leader, but the 19 per cent Muslims in Bihar have no leader."
According to the findings of the 2022 Bihar caste survey, Muslims account for 17.7 per cent of Bihar's total population of about 13 crore.
Owaisi's AIMIM had pulled off a stunner in the 2020 Bihar polls, winning five seats in the politically sensitive Seemanchal region. Four of the five AIMIM MLAs later switched to RJD.
The AIMIM chief travelled to Bihar last month to campaign for his party. Earlier, he said that he was willing to join the Opposition alliance led by the RJD and the Congress, but did not receive a favourable response. The Opposition bloc, however, has ruled out any tie-up with AIMIM.
In his message to Bihar's Muslims, Owaisi said the country should have at least 50 Muslim Lok Sabha MPs considering their population. "If there were more than 50 Muslim MPs, could PM Modi have brought the Waqf (Amendment) Act?" he asked.
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