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Cong not to have any understanding with AIMIM, says Yakshi 

New Delhi: The Congress will not have any sort of understanding with the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) for the Karnataka Assembly polls, AICC secretary Madhu Goud Yaskhi said.
He refuted media report that the state Congress leaders had a secret meeting with AIMIM leaders to ensure that there was no division of votes of minorities.
The AIMIM is reportedly set to contest in 60 assembly segments, mainly in minority-dominated areas in the state.
The election to the 224-member assembly in Karnataka is to be held this year. It is the only big state under the Congress' rule at present. Punjab, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry are the other states/UT where the party is in power.
"We never had any meeting with any AIMIM leader. It is fighting against the Congress. So, there is zero truth that there was any meeting with their leaders," said Yaskhi, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary in-charge for the poll-bound state.
He further accused the AIMIM of having an understanding with the BJP to divide the votes coming the Congress' way.
Yakshi also said the Congress would not have any sort of understanding with the AIMIM for the assembly polls.
According to a senior Congress leader, who did not wish to be named, the party already had a strategy in place to ensure that it got votes from minority communities.
Announcing K Siddaramaiah as the party's chief ministerial face has also been a "good move" to see the votes are not divided, the leader added.
"Siddaramaiah has worked well to consolidate votes from Muslim, OBC and SC communities over the past four or so years", he further added.
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