India, July 1 -- The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has indicated that it may contest the 2025 Bihar assembly elections independently, taking on both the National Democratic Alliance and the Grand Alliance on their own merit.

The move comes after the Grand Alliance (Mahagathbandhan) showed little interest in AIMIM's proposal to jointly contest the elections to oust the incumbent NDA government, led by the Janata Dal (United).

"We had approached the GA constituents with a proposal to contest the assembly election under a united front against the NDA and Bharatiya Janata Party, but they are yet to respond," Bihar AIMIM president Akhtarul Iman told HT.

He asserted that he would wait for a week more and then move forward to...