BHARIP Bahujan Mahasangh and AIMIM had a meeting yesterday 13th February 2019 at Edi gah ground in Malegaon which was attended by nearly 50000 people.
The meeting began at 4 pm in the afternoon amidst much cheer and applause from the huge gathering of well wishers and supporters of both the parties.
MP Assaduddin Owaisi, who was expected could not come but Prakash Ambedkar, the supremo of BHARIP Bahujan Mahasangh was present and that was enough to draw the crowds who stayed in the ground till 9 pm when the meeting concluded with the announcement of Kamal Hashim as the potential candidate to contest from Dhule, Malegaon in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
This announcement was welcomed by both the party members .
Kamal Hashim, 50, is a Pune based businessman from Malegaon with an engineering degree from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai and another degree in Political science from Havard, USA.
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi formed by Owaisi and Ambedkar with the intention of extending solidarity to each other – Dalits and Muslims and to fight together to oust communal forces from Maharashtra.
Prakash Ambedkar electrified the audience with his powerful speech addressing all the concerns of both Dalits and Muslims such as mob lynching, atrocities, discrimination, other unemployment, poverty, reservations and scholarships.
The other speakers were Dr. Khalil, corporator from MIM and Sufi Gulam Rasool.
SN Ansari, TwoCircles.net with photographer Ali Akbar has covered the event: