Others Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015

1 others

1.1 muslim parties
1.2 bahujan samaj party
1.3 minor

others
muslim parties

at least 6 muslim parties contested election. aimim contested 6 seats.

all india majlis-e-ittehadul muslimeen (aimim) leader asaduddin owaisi addressed rally in kishanganj on 16 august. owaisi accused nitish , lalu of keeping seemanchal region (consisting of 24 seats) backward region. aimim contesting on 6 assembly seats in seemanchal region muslim voters play major role. addressed public rally in kishanganj on 4 october in sontha village, part of kochadhaman (vidhan sabha constituency). held further rallies @ many places in kishanganj , purnia.

on 5 october, aimim released first list of 6 candidates election.

bahujan samaj party

in june 2015, bahujan samaj party said contest 243 seats. in july, bsp released first list of 49 candidates, including 5 women candidates, bharat bind, president of bsp bihar unit. national party leader mayawati planned campaign candidates. bsp s first list has 11 other backward class (obcs) , 11 muslims, while field dalits , obcs non-reserved seats. on 6 september, mayawati said of central government being remote-controlled communal , fascist organisation rashtriya swayamsevak sangh (rss).

naseemuddin siddiqui, munquad ali (rajya sabha mp) , ram achal rajbhar appointed form strategy consolidate dalits, backward castes (mbcs) , muslim votes. on 9 september, mayawati questioned announcement of dearness allowance (da) central government before election , again accused rss , affiliated sangh parivar organisations of using 2011 national census fear mongering against muslim population growth sectarian purposes, divert attention such issues alleged failure of central government deliver on promises. added census showed positive signs such sex ratio among muslims 951 females 1,000 males, higher national average , indicated slowing of muslim population growth rate. on 10 september, called deployment of central forces in large numbers on electoral duty assure free , fair election , further asked eci keep watch on possible sectarian ploys bjp.

mayawati officially launched party s campaign on 9 october banka. on 13 october, addressing rally in rohtas , kaimur districts, claimed sp chief mulayam singh yadav , party leadership had surrendered bjp. claimed has fielded candidates after consulting bjp. further called on nda not allow reservation policy obcs , sc/sts fall under rss influence. on 25 october, mayawati while addressing rally in buxar district of bihar said samajwadi party played in hands of bjp due nationalist congress party (ncp) broke away it. alleged bjp working business class , nitish-lalu governments did nothing poor.

minor

expelled rjd mp pappu yadav created jan adhikar party before election , announced fight against laloo-nitish alliance. yogendra yadav has announced swaraj abhiyan may extend support political parties, not clear one.

on 17 september, shiv sena announced contest on 150 seats during election. on 19 september, third front- socialist secular morcha - announced seat distribution: sp got 85 seats, janadhikar party got 64 seats, ncp got 40 seats, ssp got 28 seats, sjp got 23 seats , npp got 3 seats. former u.k. banker akshay verma s sarvajan kalyan loktantrik party contested 90 seats in election.

the aam aadmi party , jvm-p decided not contest election, campaign against nda.