All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen has re-nominated all its seven sitting MLAs for the forthcoming Assembly elections.
The first list issued by the party has only one change. Syed Ahmad Pasha Quadri, party veteran who represented Charminar constituency till now will swap the place with Mumtaz Ahmad Khan who was elected from Yakutpura in last five elections.
Others renominated include Akbaruddin Owaisi from his traditional constituency Chandrayangutta, Ahmad Balala from Malakpet, Kausar Mohiuddin from Karwan, Mohammad Moazzam Khan from Bahadurpura and Jafar Hussain Meraj from Nampally.
They were all elected from the stronghold of the party in old parts of Hyderabad. The first list was released by the party president Asaduddin Owaisi last night. Party sources at least two more lists will be released as party was in the process of finalising their names. Party was also eyeing Assembly seats of Rajender Nagar, Jubilee Hills and Amberpet in Hyderabad and a few other seats in the districts.
Meanwhile the preparation for the Assembly elections has picked up the pace with the arrival of the team of Election Commission officials in Hyderabad to assess the situation. The team was led by the Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha. Team members will visit different parts of the State and hold discussions with the respective district collectors.
Chief Electoral Officer Rajath Kumar has also released the draft revised electoral rolls and they were kept in all the polling stations for the voters to verify their names. According to the draft rolls the total number of voters in the state was 2,61,36,776. It was 2.89 crore in 2014.