ahmedabad during his visit to ahmedabad on monday all india majliseittehadul muslimeen aimim president asaduddin owaisi was not allowed to meet atique ahmed a politician who faces serious charges and is currently lodged in the sabarmati jailowaisi was told by the jail authorities that the meeting could not be allowed because of covid19 protocols besides owaisi was told he was not a family member or lawyer of ahmed earlier this month ahmed had pledged his support to the aimim later speaking to mediapersons owaisi said that the aimim will contest the 2022 assembly election with full force we are here to contest elections with all our might it is not our concern at whose cost we make our political gain owaisi said in reply to a question about the congress alleging that the aimim is the bjps bteam the state unit will decide how many seats the aimim will be in a position to contest in the next years election he saidowaisi however made it clear that his party will not contest only on the seats where muslims have a sizable presence we will also contest on hindumajority seats as we have to get the votes of all and not just muslims he saidaccording to party insiders the aimim could field candidates for up to 80 assembly seatsthe aimim chief met congress municipal councillor shehzad khan and said he did so as khan had worked hard during the protests against the citizenship amendment act caa and the national register of citizens nrcrubbishing the allegations made by the congress that the aimim works as the bteam of the bjp owaisi asked why there are only three muslim mlas in gujarat he said there should have been at least 10 to 11 muslim mlas in the state assembly can the congress explain why it gets repeatedly defeated in gujarat is it because of muslim or nonmuslim votes he asked