The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will contest in 100 of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka within the upcoming Meeting elections scheduled to be held in 2023. AIMIM state president Usman Ghani instructed The Indian Categorical the occasion would focus its efforts in 52 constituencies reserved for SC/STs.
“We may have candidates in constituencies the place SC/STs and minority communities are current in massive numbers,” Ghani mentioned. “We’ll contest extra seats in North Karnataka the place we’ve a powerful base,” he added.
Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Basavakalyan, Hubballi, Belgaum, and Kushtagi are among the many seats by which the AIMIM will area candidates for the following polls. The checklist of potential candidates is being compiled and might be finalised quickly, Ghani mentioned.
For the 2018 polls, the occasion had allied with the JD(S) within the state “as we didn’t have a full-fledged organisation in constituencies of Karnataka.” AIMIM staff had campaigned for the JD(S) in 2018, he mentioned, including that they have been but to determine on allying with the regional occasion for the 2023 polls.
The AIMIM had fielded an analogous variety of candidates for the Meeting elections held in Uttar Pradesh final 12 months. By fielding candidates, AIMIM had attracted criticism from Opposition events that it was not directly serving to the BJP by dividing the minority votes.