Speaking at India TV's Chunav Manch 2022, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the fight between Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav is to prove who is a bigger Hindu than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On India TV's election special show 'Chunav Manch', Owaisi today alleged the Narendra Modi government does not want to put a stop to hate speeches by several leaders.

Speaking at India TV's Chunav Manch 2022 ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that if Yogi wins, he will talk about Thakurs and if Akhilesh Yadav wins, then he will talk about Yadavs.

On being asked if Owaisi's party will be able to collect non-Muslim votes, Owaisi cited the example of AIMIM's Imtiyaz Jaleel Syed, who had won against Shiv Sena from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency in 2019.

Owaisi refused to call the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections bipolar, saying that people of the state are miffed with the Yogi Adityanath government over several issues.

UP Election 2022: Ahead of the crucial UP Assembly Elections, top leaders, including UP CM Yogi Adityanath held an intense and engaging debate putting forth their views on one of the biggest platforms - India TV Chunav Manch. Here are the highlights of the event.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will be held in seven phases starting from February 10 and will end on March 7. The results will be out on March 10.

In his letter to AIMIM president, the cleric has pointed out that AIMIM candidates could lead to the split of 'secular votes' against sectarian forces in the UP elections.

The Election Commission has banned any physical rally or campaign gathering for the state assembly polls till January 15 in view of the escalating coronavirus situation.  

Demonetisation was announced by the Centre on November 8, 2016, after which existing notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 were banned across the country.

This will be in the line of leaders like Rahul Gandhi wearing ‘janeu’ and Akhilesh Yadav visiting Hanuman temples to pay his obeisance amid the strengthening BJP’s ideology, UP's Panchayati Raj Minister Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary asserted.

The AIMIM chief further mocked the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh over their defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections despite of their alliance with Congress and regional parties (mahagathbandhan) and questioned, "Why they won only 15 seats?

Asaduddin Owaisi had threatened the UP Police over alleged atrocities committed by cops against the Muslims and warned the police that they won't "enjoy the patronage of UP CM Yogi and PM Modi for a long time".

Last week, the Union Cabinet is believed to have cleared a bill on electoral reforms, allowing the Election Commission of India to link the Aadhaar with the Voter ID of individuals.

Several opposition leaders have demanded Ajay Mishra's resignation. SIT has submitted before a court that the killing of the four farmers and a journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri, in which Ajay Mishra's son Ashish is among the 13 accused, was a "pre-planned conspiracy".

The Union Cabinet had on Wednesday cleared a proposal to bring in uniformity in the marriageable age of men and women.

Ghufran Noor said that Dalits and Muslims were being 'scared' into having fewer children, insisting that it was against Sharia law.

Owaisi's statement came a day after the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence said it was a "pre-planned conspiracy".

The AIMIM chief said his party will contest 100 seats in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections. He said AIMIM is open to forming an alliance.

The erstwhile Congress-NCP government in Maharashtra had provided 5 percent reservation to Muslims in jobs and education in 2014. The Bombay HC quashed the Maratha quota but upheld the Muslim quota in education.