AIMIM to Contest WB Polls, Declare Candidates on 27 March: Owaisi

Owaisi said that information regarding the number of seats will be announced in a public meeting at Sagerdighi.

Lok Sabha MP and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday, 23 March said that his party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, adding that his party will announce the number of seats it will contest in on 27 March.

"AIMIM will contest in the upcoming West Bengal elections," Owaisi said, speaking to ANI over the phone.

Owaisi told news agency ANI that information regarding the number of seats will be announced in a public meeting at Sagerdighi. Further, he said that this decision was a result of a political discussion between his party and Furfura Sharif Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui, ANI reported.