All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) to contest in nine seats in Telangana Assembly polls, announced its chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday.
“We are announcing the names of candidates on 6 seats in the state. Party leader Akbaruddin Owaisi who is also a sitting MLA from Chandrayangutta seat will contest again from the same seat. We will fight from Rajinder Nagar and jubilee hills also,” Owaisi said.
AIMIM has fielded Balala from Malakpet, Kausar from Karwan and Majeed Hussain from Nampally seats. Jaffer Hussain will contest on Yakutpura seat while Zulfikar from Charminar.
However, the party is yet to announce name of candidates on the remaining 3 seats.
“We will tell you shortly the names on these remaining 3 seats which are–Bahadurpura, Rajinder Nagar and Jubilee hills. It was decided in 2018 that Mumtaz Khan and Pasha Quadri will not contest this time,” Owaisi said.
Telangana will go for Assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other poll-bound states, has been scheduled for December 3.
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