Hyderabad, Jan. 20 -- All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following his party's strong performance in the Maharashtra municipal elections, asserting that "the two shores of the sea can never meet."

Speaking in an exclusive interview with ANI, Owaisi referred to a recent incident in Akot in which AIMIM corporators attempted to align with the BJP. He said five AIMIM corporators had won in Akot and were earlier warned by the party.

Owaisi said that intially the corporators claimed that they were unaware that the group they had joined was associated with the BJP. Owaisi said the party then directed them to immediately sub...