Kishanganj: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has announced that it will contest 32 assembly constituencies across 16 districts in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. The announcement was made by Bihar State President Akhtarul Iman and National Spokesperson Adil Hussain during a press conference held in Kishanganj on Saturday.
Out of these 32 constituencies, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) currently holds 15, signaling a potential challenge to the Grand Alliance’s traditional vote base in several regions.
AIMIM’s Seat-Wise Plan
AIMIM will field candidates in four constituencies of Kishanganj — Kishanganj, Kochadhaman, Bahadurganj, and Thakurganj. In Purnia district, the party will contest from Amour, Baisi, and Kasba, while in Katihar, it will fight from Balrampur, Pranpur, Manihari, Barari, and Kadwa.
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The party will also contest two seats each in Araria (Jokihat, Araria) and Gaya (Sherghati, Belaganj), along with two in East Champaran (Dhaka, Narkatia). In Darbhanga district, AIMIM will contest from Jale, Darbhanga Rural, Keoti, and Gaura Bauram.
Additionally, the party will field candidates in one seat each in Nawada, Jamui (Sikandra), Bhagalpur (Nathnagar, Bhagalpur), Siwan, Samastipur (Kalyanpur), Sitamarhi (Bajpatti), Madhubani (Bisfi), Vaishali (Mahua), and Gopalganj.
AIMIM to Contest as a Third Front
Akhtarul Iman revealed that AIMIM had approached the RJD with a proposal for an alliance to avoid division of secular votes. However, after receiving no response, the party decided to contest independently as a Third Front.
“We had sent an alliance proposal to the RJD to prevent the division of secular votes. Since there was no positive response, AIMIM has decided to contest all 32 seats as a Third Front,” Iman said.
He added that AIMIM would soon release the list of candidates and emphasized that women would be given significant representation. “We will give respectable representation to women in a male-dominated society,” he stated.
Party’s Focus: Justice, Education, Health, Employment
Iman reiterated that AIMIM’s campaign would focus on key public issues. “Our fight is for social justice, education, health, and employment. AIMIM wants to emerge as a new force in Bihar politics,” he said.
Political observers suggest that AIMIM’s decision to field candidates in multiple minority-dominated constituencies could influence vote shares in several regions, especially in Seemanchal and parts of North Bihar.
AIMIM’s Failed Efforts to Join the Grand Alliance
AIMIM has repeatedly expressed its willingness to join the RJD-led Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan). On July 3, Akhtarul Iman wrote to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking inclusion in the alliance. “We have written a letter to Lalu Yadav proposing to include AIMIM in the Grand Alliance. We also spoke to RJD leaders, but got no response,” he had said.
Later, on September 11, Iman reached Rabri Devi’s residence in Patna with drumbeats to draw attention to the issue. “No single party can defeat the NDA alone. If we are not included, secular votes will be divided, benefitting the NDA,” he said.
On September 24, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also raised the issue in Kishanganj, saying, “The people of Bihar are seeing who the BJP’s B team is. Akhtarul Iman wrote a letter to Tejashwi Yadav and even conveyed the message through the media. He only demanded six seats, yet there was no response.”
With AIMIM now entering the poll fray independently, Bihar’s political landscape is set for a sharper three-cornered contest — one that could reshape the state’s electoral equations ahead of the assembly polls.
