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Owaisi Dares Akhilesh Yadav To Contest From Yogi Adityanath's Stronghold Gorakhpur
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News18•12-10-2026, 10:24
Owaisi Dares Akhilesh Yadav To Contest From Yogi Adityanath's Stronghold Gorakhpur
- •AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi launched a scathing attack on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, blaming SP policies for the backwardness of Muslims.
- •Owaisi challenged Akhilesh Yadav to contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from Gorakhpur, the stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
- •The AIMIM leader also challenged Yogi Adityanath to contest from Sambhal, boasting that his party would defeat both leaders.
- •Owaisi recently stated that AIMIM is open to forming alliances in Uttar Pradesh to prevent the BJP from securing a third consecutive term in power.
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AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi dared Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from Gorakhpur, the political and administrative stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming that the people would defeat him.
Owaisi stated that his party does not want the BJP to come to power in Uttar Pradesh for a third consecutive term and announced that AIMIM is open to forging an alliance to prevent this.
Owaisi alleged that Muslims have fallen behind because of the Samajwadi Party's policies, noting that despite generations of voting for SP leaders like Mulayam and Akhilesh Yadav, Azamgarh's Shibli College never received national university status.
