AIMIM seeks alliance with MVA to 'defeat BJP' in Maharashtra assembly polls
Mumbai: Former MP Imtiaz Jaleel of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has expressed the party's intention to join forces with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance for the upcoming Maharashtra state assembly elections. Jaleel emphasized that the primary goal is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti coalition, alongside factions of the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In an interview with Marathi news channel ABP Majha, Jaleel reiterated AIMIM's stance from the Lok Sabha elections, stating that the party is offering to join the MVA to prevent the BJP from returning to power. He noted that the decision to include AIMIM in the alliance rests with the MVA.
Jaleel criticized the ruling Mahayuti government's 'Ladki Bahin' scheme, calling it a ploy to gain votes rather than a genuine effort to help women in the state. He further clarified that AIMIM would contest the elections independently if their offer is not accepted by the MVA. However, he ruled out any alliance with Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), which failed to secure a single seat in the 2024 general elections in Maharashtra.
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Emotional tributes paid to cops killed in blast at gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Emotional scenes were witnessed on Sunday as wreaths were laid on the mortal remains of three of the four police personnel killed in an explosion in a gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
The grieving family members were inconsolable, while security personnel tried to comfort them.
Amid chants of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram," public representatives, along with senior police and administrative officials, paid tributes to the deceased personnel.
The wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Inspector Sukhram Vatti (40), constables Krishna Komra (35) and Sanjay Gadhpale (29), killed in the explosion on Saturday, was held at the Police Lines in Narayanpur district, neighbouring Kanker.
The mortal remains of constable Parmanand Komra (29), who succumbed to injuries during treatment in Raipur, will be shifted to Kanker, where a separate wreath-laying ceremony will be held, police said.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, after paying homage, told reporters that the four police personnel made the supreme sacrifice while protecting the region.
"I pay my homage to them," he added.
The four personnel were killed while they were attempting to dispose of a gunpowder dump hidden earlier by Maoists in a forest near Aadnar village under Chhotebethiya police station limits in Kanker district, according to police.
It was the first explosion linked to Naxalites in the state since it was declared free from armed Maoists on March 31, and also the first instance this year in which security personnel engaged in anti-Naxal operations lost their lives.
District Reserve Guard (DRG) official Vatti, who was leading the team, hailed from Bijapur district. Constable Krishna Komra of the district force and constables Gadhpale and Parmanand Komra of the Bastar Fighters were residents of different villages in Kanker.
