Overview
- AIMIM, after earlier attacks on Congress, is now openly campaigning for Congress candidate V. Naveen Yadav in the Jubilee Hills by-election.
- Congress leaders Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammed Ali Shabbir accused Asaduddin Owaisi of opportunism, with Shabbir branding AIMIM the BJP’s “B team.”
- Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy criticized what he called a Congress–MIM nexus and questioned Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s focus on courting AIMIM.
- Joint canvassing by Congress and AIMIM intensified in Shaikpet following the Chief Minister’s roadshow, while the BRS filed an Election Commission complaint alleging intimidation of its local leaders.
- Minority Welfare Minister Mohammed Azharuddin pledged to clear two years of pending scholarships for Muslim students as part of Congress’s outreach, even as local grievances in Borabanda and Erragadda challenge AIMIM’s standing.