After 12 hrs of canvassing, Tahir Hussain back in jail

Just two hours after walking out of Tihar Jail on custody parole, former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Mohammad Tahir Hussain, now contesting as an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) candidate, began campaigning in Mustafabad under heavy police presence.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

NEW DELHI:

Hussain, accused in the 2020 Delhi riots, went door to door, in an odd procession where he was flanked by his supporters and half-a-dozen police personnel.

Weaving his way through the narrow bylanes of New Mustafabad and Rajiv Gandhi Nagar, Hussain, wearing a black-and-white kurta and sporting the AIMIM's bright green scarf, continuously waved to the locals.

During the campaigning, he lashed out against his former party and said it was the people's love that got him out of jail on parole to contest the election.