Telangana polls: Asaduddin Owaisi begins door-to-door campaign in Hyderabad

Days after the announcement of All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on the candidates for the party’s elections in Telangana, Chief Asaduddin Owaisi continued his door-to-door campaign.

Owaisi started his campaign in Karwan and Nampally assembly segments, both in the greater Hyderabad region, with candidates Kausar Moinuddin and Majid Hussain.

The AIMIM chief also expressed his hope for KCR’s victory in the upcoming state assembly elections. Speaking to the media, Owaisi said that in Telangana, the 9 candidates from Majlis will win with the blessings and votes of the people and KCR will also become Chief Minister for the third term.

“There has been a lot of development in the state, no communal tension has been observed and farmers have also benefited,” he added.

The AIMIM chief on Friday announced that his party will fight the elections in all seven seats where it has MLAs, besides two more seats in Telangana.

Addressing the media, Asaduddin Owaisi said, “We are announcing the names of candidates on six 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 fighting from Rajinder Nagar and jubilee hills too.”

Akbaruddin Owaisi, the sitting MLA from Chandrayangutta seat and younger brother of the party chief, will contest from the same seat again. The Chandrayangutta seat has been an AIMIM stronghold. AIMIM won the seat in the last two assembly elections in the state, in 2014 and 2018.

Telangana will go to assembly elections on November 30 and counting of votes, along with those of four other election-bound states, is scheduled for December 3. The other four states going to the polls are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram.