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AIMIM spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar joins Congress
Sep-02-2026

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) national spokesperson Syed Asim Waqar joined the Congress on September 2, 2026 in the presence of AICC in-charge for Uttar Pradesh Rajendra Pal Gautam, state Congress president Ajay Rai and AICC Minority Department chairman Imran Pratapgarhi at the AICC Office at 24 Akbar Road, New Delhi.

Rajendra Pal Gautam welcomed Waqar into the party and said the Congress-led movement under Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was focused on issues concerning education, employment, students, women and marginalised sections. Gautam further said, ‘Rahul Gandhi ji is firmly raising the voice of every section and continuously cautioning the government on every front. Inspired by this, senior leaders from various parties are joining the Congress Party and strengthening the hands of Shri Mallikarjun Kharge and Shri Rahul Gandhi’. 

The decision comes after Waqar was seemingly unhappy with party decisions. Syed Asim Waqar said those seeking to remove the BJP should not be fighting other opposition parties. He said, ‘But I felt being in the AIMIM for so many years that we pay lip service by stating that the BJP must be removed but, on the ground we don't fight the BJP, we fight the Congress, the SP, we are fighting every other person who wants to remove the BJP’.

Waqar added, ‘So, I felt that if we keep fighting the opposition and do not allow it to blossom, then who are we helping the BJP. I have decided that if we are true nationalists and want to remove the BJP honestly then our objective should be to fight the BJP. If we are fighting the enemies of the BJP then we are friends of the BJP’. He said he now believed the Congress was the principal force taking on the BJP nationally.

Waqar has been associated with AIMIM for nearly a decade and a known face in Uttar Pradesh's political circles. Congress, in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, is looking to make a comeback in Uttar Pradesh and eyeing a win in the 2027 elections.

Assembly polls are set to take place in Uttar Pradesh early next year with the ruling BJP to face a likely joint challenge from the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.
 


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