<p class="title">The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday retained all its sitting MLAs in the first list of candidates for the upcoming legislative Assembly elections in Telangana.</p>.<p class="title">The AIMIM had seven MLAs in the state Assembly, which was dissolved last week.</p>.<p class="title">Owaisi's younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi will contest from Chandrayangutta Assembly segment, according to an AIMIM release.</p>.<p class="title">The other candidates announced are: Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri (Yakutpura), Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Charminar), Mohd Moazam Khan (Bahadurpura), Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala (Malakpet), Jaffer Hussain Meraj (Nampally) and Kausar Moinuddin (Karwan)— a<span>ll the Assembly segments are in Hyderabad.</span></p>.<p class="title">The only minor change in the list is the swap of constituencies between Mumtaz Ahmed Khan and Ahmed Pasha Quadri.</p>.<p class="title">The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) said that the AIMIM is a "friendly party", although the TRS has already announced candidates for 105 out of the total 119 Assembly constituencies, including the seats held by AIMIM.</p>.<p class="title">The Assembly polls were originally scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year.</p>.<p class="title">However, the Assembly was dissolved as per the recommendation made by the TRS government, necessitating elections ahead of schedule.</p>
<p class="title">The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Tuesday retained all its sitting MLAs in the first list of candidates for the upcoming legislative Assembly elections in Telangana.</p>.<p class="title">The AIMIM had seven MLAs in the state Assembly, which was dissolved last week.</p>.<p class="title">Owaisi's younger brother Akbaruddin Owaisi will contest from Chandrayangutta Assembly segment, according to an AIMIM release.</p>.<p class="title">The other candidates announced are: Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri (Yakutpura), Mumtaz Ahmed Khan (Charminar), Mohd Moazam Khan (Bahadurpura), Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala (Malakpet), Jaffer Hussain Meraj (Nampally) and Kausar Moinuddin (Karwan)— a<span>ll the Assembly segments are in Hyderabad.</span></p>.<p class="title">The only minor change in the list is the swap of constituencies between Mumtaz Ahmed Khan and Ahmed Pasha Quadri.</p>.<p class="title">The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) said that the AIMIM is a "friendly party", although the TRS has already announced candidates for 105 out of the total 119 Assembly constituencies, including the seats held by AIMIM.</p>.<p class="title">The Assembly polls were originally scheduled to be held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections next year.</p>.<p class="title">However, the Assembly was dissolved as per the recommendation made by the TRS government, necessitating elections ahead of schedule.</p>