Pichda, Dalit and Musalman : UP's Apna Dal (K) and AIMIM form 4th front for Lok Sabha elections

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Lucknow: Pallavi Patel-led faction of Apna Dal on Sunday announced an alliance with the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), forming a fourth front in UP in the run-up to the general elections...

The alliance has been named PDM (acronym of Picchda, Dalit, Musalman), offering a competing take on Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's 'Picchda (backwards) Dalit Alpsankhyak (minorities)' theme for the INDIA bloc in UP...

"Because we are fighting to establish the current identity of the backwards, Dalits and Muslims, therefore setting aside the confusion of alphabet 'A', we are bringing the PDM nyaya morcha," Patel said at a joint conference with AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in Lucknow...

While AIMIM does not have a major presence in the state, PDM parties together may cut into some Muslim and other backward classes votes, hurting the INDIA alliance in the process..

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