Hyderabad: Chief of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), Asaduddin Owaisi, began his padayatra in Syed Nagar, Ahmed Nagar division of the Nampally constituency, with candidate Mohammed Majid Hussain.
AIMIM will be contesting from nine constituencies, including the Jubilee Hills, where Congress has pinned its hopes on former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin.
For this Assembly elections, AIMIM has made a major reshuffle; Jaffer Hussain Meraj, sitting MLA of Nampally, has been relocated, making way for another former mayor, Mohd Majid Hussain.
Charminer representation has shifted from MLA Mumtaz Ahmed Khan to the ex-mayor, Mir Zulfiqar Ali. Similarly, Yakutpura will now see Jaffar Hussain instead of Ahmed Pasha Quadri.
Ahmed bin Abdullah Balala and Kausar Mohiuddin, respectively, remain to represent Malakpet and Karwan.
The AIMIM is yet to declare candidates for the Rajendarnagar, Jubilee Hills and Bhadurpura constituencies. It has been speculated that Akbaruddin Owaisi’s son, Nooruddin Owaisi will be given a ticket from Bahadurpura.
