Owaisi visits Bengal to meet Muslim cleric ahead of assembly polls

Kolkota: AIMIM’s chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday visited West Bengal and reportedly held discussions on upcoming assembly polls with prominent Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui.

AIMIM State Secretary Zameerul Hassan said, “Owaisi wanted to keep the meeting a secret as we were apprehensive that the TMC government would stop him. From Kolkata airport, he went straight to Hooghly to meet Abbas Siddiqui.”

This is Owaisi’s first visit to West Bengal following his announcement to contest elections in the state.