Overview
- Speaking on January 25 in Guwahati, Badruddin Ajmal told Muslim voters not to support the BJP, calling such votes a betrayal of community interests.
- He alleged an informal understanding under which the BJP leaves minority-dominated areas to the Congress and the Congress leaves majority areas to the BJP.
- He said the AIUDF could withdraw from the election if that helped the Congress defeat the BJP, even as he accused the Congress of giving the BJP a walkover.
- He dismissed Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s use of the pejorative term “miya” and claimed Muslims are safer than ever with support from Hindus.
- He criticized the Congress and regional rivals for concentrating on Muslim-heavy seats and cited the party’s absence from former strongholds such as Titabor.