<p>Asaduddin Owaisi's MIM has decided to field a Dalit candidate from Muslim-dominated Bikapur constituency of Faizabad for the February 13 Assembly bypoll.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Pradeep Kori, a Dalit youth, is the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) candidate from Bikapur constituency. He is also the state president of 'Kori Society', an influential group among Dalit community members in the area.<br /><br />The Assembly bypoll has been necessitated due to the death of sitting SP MLA Mitrasen Yadav.<br /><br />Experimenting with his plan of 'Dalit-Muslim unity' ahead of the 2017 UP assembly elections, Owaisi is all set to hold a series of public meetings in this area in the first week of February to drum up support for his party.<br /><br />"We are concentrating our strength in this constituency as there are more than one lakh Muslim voters and Dalits also in equal numbers," State president of MIM Shauqat Ali told reporters.<br /><br />A special team of MIM from Hyderabad, Bombay and Lucknow is camping in the area ahead of the polls.<br /><br />"We have a lot to convince the Muslim community as they have traditionally supported the SP," said Ali.</p>
<p>Asaduddin Owaisi's MIM has decided to field a Dalit candidate from Muslim-dominated Bikapur constituency of Faizabad for the February 13 Assembly bypoll.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Pradeep Kori, a Dalit youth, is the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) candidate from Bikapur constituency. He is also the state president of 'Kori Society', an influential group among Dalit community members in the area.<br /><br />The Assembly bypoll has been necessitated due to the death of sitting SP MLA Mitrasen Yadav.<br /><br />Experimenting with his plan of 'Dalit-Muslim unity' ahead of the 2017 UP assembly elections, Owaisi is all set to hold a series of public meetings in this area in the first week of February to drum up support for his party.<br /><br />"We are concentrating our strength in this constituency as there are more than one lakh Muslim voters and Dalits also in equal numbers," State president of MIM Shauqat Ali told reporters.<br /><br />A special team of MIM from Hyderabad, Bombay and Lucknow is camping in the area ahead of the polls.<br /><br />"We have a lot to convince the Muslim community as they have traditionally supported the SP," said Ali.</p>