Khargone: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), which contested the urban body elections for the first time in Madhya Pradesh, has won three councilors’ seats in the results announced on Wednesday. In the urban body elections, the number of AIMIM’s winning councilors has increased to seven. These three seats are of Khargone municipality. AIMIM candidate Aruna Bai Upadhyay defeated BJP candidate Sunita Devi by 31 votes from Ward No 2 of this municipality. AIMIM candidate Shakeel Khan defeated Independent candidate Asif Khan by 662 votes from Ward No 15. From Ward No. 27, AIMIM candidate Shabnam Adeeb defeated Independent candidate Shakeela Khan by 774 votes.
Newly elected councilor Aruna Upadhyay told to media that this is the victory of the brotherhood and voters of the ward. Ward’s development is a victory. Aruna said that party chief Owaisi talks about the constitution and law and equality in the country. Impressed by this, I thought it right to contest the election of a councilor from this party. Aruna believes that this is the victory of humanity. He appealed to all to live with brotherhood with the gratitude of the voters. Aruna defeated BJP, Congress, and independent candidates by winning the election by 31 votes from Ward No. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi held a public meeting in Khandwa in favor of party candidates.
AIMIM is headquartered in Hyderabad and this party has contested municipal elections in Madhya Pradesh for the first time. According to the data available on the website of the Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission, in the first phase of polling on Sunday, four candidates of AIMIM won the post of councilor in the Khandwa Municipal Corporation, Burhanpur Municipal Corporation, and Jabalpur Municipal Corporation elections. Out of these four, two candidates of the party have won in Jabalpur and one each in Burhanpur and Khandwa. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi held a public meeting in Khandwa in favor of party candidates. Owaisi also held public meetings in Bhopal, Indore, and Jabalpur to garner support for his party’s candidates. Voting was held in two phases for a total of 16 municipal corporations, 99 municipalities, and 298 municipal councils in Madhya Pradesh.
