India, Oct. 13 -- Student activist Sharjeel Imam, who is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail over Delhi riots case, has moved a Delhi Court seeking interim bail to contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.

Imam, who is in jail for over five years, will contest the Bihar elections from Bahadurganj constituency in Kishanganj district as an independent candidate.

Bihar assembly elections are scheduled to be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11, while the results will be declared on November 14.

The Bahadurganj seat is currently represented by Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi, who was elected in 2020 on an AIMIM ticket, but switched to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

Imam, an anti-CAA activist in jail since January 2020, is a na...