Owaisi's AIMIM Gains Ground, Challenges Congress's Secular Politics Among Muslims

• Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM is increasingly gaining influence among Muslim voters, challenging traditional parties like Congress, SP, and TMC.
• Recent election results in Maharashtra and Bihar show a shift towards direct representation politics preferred by Muslim voters.
• AIMIM secured 124 seats in Maharashtra civic body elections, outperforming Congress in some areas like Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar.
• The party emerged as the third-largest force in Nagpur and Amravati, and won 8 corporator seats in Mumbai's BMC.
• AIMIM also won five assembly seats in Bihar and increased its Lok Sabha seats from 2 to 7 in 2024, becoming decisive in Muslim-majority urban areas.

Why It Matters: Owaisi's AIMIM is rapidly becoming a preferred choice for Muslim voters, eroding Congress's traditional vote bank.