Overview
- AIMIM leaders are canvassing for Congress nominee Naveen Yadav in Jubilee Hills, concentrating on Erragadda and Shaikpet with leaflet drives and door-to-door outreach.
- Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy called AIMIM a friend, while Congress advisor Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused the party of acting as the BJP’s B team by splitting Muslim votes in Bihar.
- Asaduddin Owaisi escalated his feud with RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav in Seemanchal, mocking him with the line, “Can you write extremist in English?” and rejecting the ‘extremist’ label.
- Seat-sharing talks between AIMIM and the Mahagathbandhan broke down, and Owaisi announced plans to field candidates widely in Bihar, with the party having named at least 25 so far.
- AIMIM is targeting the Seemanchal belt where it won five seats in 2020 before defections, with Bihar polling set in two phases on November 6 and 11 and results due November 14.