Kolkata: Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Friday announced that it has withdrawn from its alliance with former TMC MLA Humayun Kabir and his new party ahead of the two-phase West Bengal Assembly elections.
AIMIM’s decision comes after a video-cum-audio clip was released by the Trinamool Congress on Thursday, in which Kabir was reportedly seen making controversial statements with an unidentified person, hinting at plans to divide minority votes in West Bengal, thereby benefiting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
AIMIM announced on its official social media handle X its decision to snap an electoral alliance with Kabir.
AIMIM’s statement clarifies that the party contests elections solely to provide marginalised communities with an independent political voice; however, due to the recent revelations about Kabir’s statements, AIMIM has decided to withdraw from the electoral alliance with him.
AIMIM has also clarified that it would contest the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal independently and without any electoral understanding with any other political party.
“Humayun Kabir’s revelations have shown how vulnerable Bengal’s Muslims are. AIMIM cannot associate with any statements where the integrity of Muslims is brought into question. As of today, AIMIM has withdrawn its alliance with Kabir’s party. Bengal’s Muslims are one of the poorest, neglected, and oppressed communities. Despite decades of secular rule, nothing has been done for them. AIMIM’s policy to contest elections in any state is to give the marginalised communities an independent political voice. We will be contesting the Bengal elections INDEPENDENTLY and will have no alliance with any party going forward,” the social media statement issued by AIMIM read.
On Thursday, Trinamool Congress accused Kabir of striking a Rs 1,000 crore deal with the BJP to divide minority votes in those West Bengal Assembly constituencies where his candidates are contesting in the forthcoming polls in alliance with AIMIM.
Trinamool Congress also released a purported clip where Kabir was reportedly heard conversing with an unidentified person on these lines.
The allegation from Trinamool Congress, however, drew a swift rebuttal from Kabir, who said the clip released by the Trinamool was a fake one and also threatened to sue Trinamool Congress for making such reportedly baseless allegations against him.
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Caption: AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi with Humayun Kabir, chief of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party, during a public meeting ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (IANS)
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