{"id":72495,"date":"2021-01-21T01:49:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T01:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=72495"},"modified":"2021-01-23T14:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T14:05:33","slug":"72495","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/72495-72495\/","title":{"rendered":"Bengal to get Muslim-Dalit-Adivasi party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/01\/photo_2021-01-21_23-17-49.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Abbas Siddiqui, a cleric from Furfura Sharif, is set to announce his new party of Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis on January 21, giving a new dimension to identity politics in West Bengal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am going to launch the new outfit on January 21. This outfit will be a platform for Muslims, Dalits, Adivasis in Bengal. Many Adivasi and Dalit representatives came to me in the last few months. Leaders of mainstream political parties also came to me for talks. For the moment, we are aiming to contest 60-80 seats in the assembly elections,\u201d Siddiqui said.<br>The Furfura cleric got a boost when All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi came to his place a fortnight ago and promised to work with him. Since then, Siddiqui had been floating the prospect of launching a new party.<br>A religious cleric, Siddiqui has no intention of contesting elections. \u201cI want some prominent Muslim, Adivasi, Dalit representatives to contest the polls to represent voice of the oppressed. They didn\u2019t get a trusted voice in Bengal for the last 73 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if he had had talks with Trinamool leaders, Siddiqui said: \u201cWe submitted our charter of demands to Trinamool link persons. But we didn\u2019t get a reply. Others have also contacted us. But nothing has matured till date. We are floating our own outfit. Let us see how things shape up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abbas Siddiqui, a cleric from Furfura Sharif, is set to announce his new party of Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis on January 21, giving a new dimension to identity politics in West Bengal. \u201cI am going to launch the new outfit on January 21. 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