Mumbai, December 13, 2013 : .Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi announced Monday a tie up with the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the Indian Union Muslim League to create a third front for the forthcoming civic elections in Mumbai.We have made the decision to join forces with IUML and RJD.In the days ahead, a few other parties will likely join.Ambedkar is the great-grandson of Dr B.R.Ambedkar was the principal architect of Indian Constitution.
According to him, while campaigning will immediately begin for BrihanMumbai Municipal Corp (BMC), the formula for seat sharing will be completed by January 15, after additional parties have joined the alliance.
The VBA-RJD IUML will likely contest the BMC election in key areas such as Dharavi and Sion.
Currently there are 2 major political parties: the Maha Vikas Aghadi, the dominant party, and the Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party-Congress, and other friendlies, plus the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, and its allies.There is a possibility that Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena will join it.
There are many sections in the VBA banner that include Dalits, Tribes, Kolis and Dhangars as well as Agris and Malis.These groups will be contesting 2019 Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections.
The two new allies – the RJD led by former Union Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and the IUML led by K.M.K.Mohideen – are major regional political players with a token national presence.
The IUML, a force in Kerala and Tamil Nadu had 4 MPs, while the RJD, a prominent party in Bihar has no MPs currently.
The leaders from the new front believe that the influence of the two parties could be an advantage for the VBA since Mumbai has a significant immigrant population from Bihar, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
Incidentally, the VBA had an alliance with the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen, led by Asasuddin Owaisi, during the April-May 2019 Lok Sabha elections, but it collapsed ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections in October that year.
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