Hyderabad, March 22 -- The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi, on Sunday, March 22, announced that the party will contest the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections in alliance with Humayun Kabir's Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP).

Owaisi said he would hold a joint press conference with Kabir in Kolkata on March 25 to announce further details of the alliance.

Earlier, AJUP founder and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Humayun Kabir said his party would contest 182 seats in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections. He added that AIMIM would be a partner in the alliance and is expected to contest around eight seats.

Kabir also announced three more candidates, taking the total number of nominees ...