Telangana Assembly Election: AIMIM Releases First List of 7 Candidates, Owaisi’s Younger Brother Akbaruddin to Contest From Chandrayangutta

The list comes days after Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar briefed senior officials of Election Commission of India (ECI) about the preparatory poll work in Telangana.

Hyderabad: The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday released its first list of seven candidates for the upcoming legislative assembly elections in Telangana. The list named  Owaisi’s younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi. He will contest from Chandrayangutta Assembly constituency.

Mumtaz Khan will contest from Charminar, while Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri will represent AIMIM from the Yakutpura constituency.

The remaining candidates are:  Mohd Moazam Khan (Bahadurpura), Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala (Malakpet), Jaffer Hussain Meraj (Nampally) and Kausar Mohiuddin (Karwan) – have retained their past constituencies.

The list comes days after  Telangana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rajat Kumar briefed senior officials of Election Commission of India (ECI) about the preparatory poll work in Telangana.

Earlier on September 6, Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan had dissolved the state assembly following a recommendation from the K Chandrashekhar Rao-led cabinet. The Governor, however, asked Rao to continue as caretaker Chief Minister until the new government was formed.