AIMIM to tie up with BTP in Gujarat: LS MP Imtiaz Jaleel

All India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen will contest local bodies' polls in Gujarat in alliance with Chhotubhai Vasava-led Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), AIMIM's Aurangabad Lok Sabha MP Imtiaz Jaleel said on Monday.

He told PTI that his party planned to make an entry into Gujarat's political atre after tasting success with five seats in Bihar Assembly polls, results of which were declared on vember 10.

"We plan to contest local bodies' elections in Gujarat in alliance with BTP. We do t have a state unit as yet in Gujarat but re are AIMIM supporters working in places like Ahmedabad and Bharuch," he said.

"I am going to Gujarat in first week of next month for talks with BTP, after which I will submit a report to my party president," he added.

BTP has two MLAs in 182-member Gujarat Assembly.