Four AIMIM MLAs of Bihar join RJD

Patna, June 29, 2022: In a major setback to Asaduddin Owaisi’s  All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), four  out of its five MLAs have joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) here on Wednesday. With this, RJD has emerged as the single largest party in the Bihar Assembly with 80 members.  Earlier, RJD had 76 MLAs. 

Earlier, BJP was the single largest party in the state assembly with 77 MLAs. Except for AIMIM state president and Amour MLA Akhtarul Iman, the four other party legislator, Muhammed Izhar Asfi (Kochadamam), Shahnawaz Alam (Jokihat), Syed Ruknuddin (Baisi) and Azhar Nayeemi (Bahadurgunj) joined the RJD.  Before this development, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had met with four AIMIM MLAs in the room of Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Sinha.

Although, AIMIM contested the elections in 2015 but was not successful. AIMIM got its first success in the Lok Sabha elections in the year 2019 in Kishanganj seat. This time AIMIM gave 16 tickets out of 20 to Muslims. 

Photo caption: The four AIMIM MLAs of Bihar posed for a photograph with RJD leader Tejashwi  after joining the RJD in Patna on June 29, 2022. 

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddqui