AIMIM to focus on upcoming BMC elections: Owaisi

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Mumbai: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that the party will focus on the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and other elections in Maharashtra.

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Navi Mumbai: As part of safety measures and crime detection, a total of 36 CCTV cameras will be installed in sectors 22 and 24 of Turbhe Gaon in Navi Mumbai soon. The project, which is estimated to cost ` 50 lakh, will be funded by amount allocated to MLAs.

During the inauguration function of Ramatanu Mata Maidan, Belapur MLA Manda Mhatre said, “Apart from installing CCTV cameras in every section of Belapur, they will also be installed in Turbhe division.”

However, he did not disclose if his party will contest polls in alliance with any regional party. The Lok Sabha MP from Telangana said alliances for the upcoming civic polls, as well as Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Maharashtra next year will be decided in due course.

Owaisi was speaking to mediapersons prior to the first two-day national convention of the party, that began on February 25 in Navi Mumbai.

The second day of the convention will be held in Chembur. More than

1,300 office bearers, MLAs, MPs, MLCs, councillors and state president will attend the gathering. Meanwhile, Owaisi also refused any possibility of meeting Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray.

Referring to the killings of two men from Rajasthan in Haryana on February 16, Owaisi said the Modi government had given a long rope to such ‘gau rakshaks’ (cow protectors). Nasir and Junaid were murdered on suspicion of cow killings.