Syed Ahmed Bukhari shahi imam of Jama Masjid, Delhi, has promised to offer “unconditional” support to BSP supremo Mayawati for the upcoming LS elections, only if she promised that she would not join or support the NDA after the polls.

A three-member delegation met senior BSP leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui in Lucknow Monday to discuss the possibility of “Dalit-Muslim” unity at the national level. In the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar riots, other Muslim outfits in UP also seem to be veering towards the BSP. A delegation of the Jamiat-ulama-I-Hind (Mahmood Madani faction), too, has reached out to the party to offer support for the coming polls.

“I am looking at Dalit-Muslim unity at the national level. They have been oppressed and deprived for decades and can relate to each other’s plight. Now it is for Mayawati to decide. I met BSP MP Mohammed Salim Ansari and had decided that a delegation would meet BSP leaders on my behalf. Yesterday that meeting took place ,” Bukhari told The Indian Express.

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