The Hyderabad-based All India Majli-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which had made an impressive electoral debut in the erstwhile Nizam-ruled town of Nanded three years ago, consolidated its position in the State, by winning as many as 23 seats in the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) polls. The MIM, led by the Owaisi brothers — Asaduddin Owaisi and Akbaruddin Owaisi — has had a steady rise in the State ever since it contested the Nanded-Waghala City Municipal Corporation (NWCMC) polls in 2012. The party had won as many as 11 out of 23 seats in the NWCMC polls. Incidentally, Nanded is the home town of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan. Expressing his happiness over the party’s impressive performance, MIM’s leader Jaleel said, “Now that we are in the Opposition with a sizeable number of seats in our kitty, the ruling Sena-BJP alliance will have to work and deliver”.