Asaduddin Owaisi Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday fielded Naveen Yadav, the Congress candidate contesting the Jubilee Hills bypoll.
Mr. Owaisi, who is the Member of Parliament for Hyderabad, spoke to the media at the party’s headquarters in Dar-us-salaam, where he said his party had decided to support Mr. Yadav.
In the recent past, the AIMIM chief had alleged that former Jubilee Hills legislator from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, the late Maganti Gopinath, had done little for the constituency. He also urged voters to vote for a young local candidate without naming Mr. Yadav. Tuesday’s development makes it clear who AIMIM would support.
Mr Owaisi tried to drive home the point that supporting a Congress candidate in the Jubilee Hills by-election and his party fighting in the Bihar assembly elections were two different cases with different contexts. While the bypoll would not have a direct impact on the formation or removal of the current government, the Bihar election was about the formation of the government, he argued. He clarified that in Bihar, legislator Amour Akhtarul Iman had written RJD, seeking an alliance and contesting six seats. However, as there was no favorable response, AIMIM competed with Azad Samaj Party and Apni Janata Party.
The Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency has a significant Muslim population. AIMIM has at least two departments where it has representatives.
Published – 21 Oct 2025 19:32 IST
