Hyderabad, July 30 -- The All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has started its 'Operation Bihar' to identify suitable candidates for the upcoming elections in the eastern state scheduled to be held soon.

The party is banking on its Bihar unit chief Akhtarul Iman, who has been longtime associated with the AIMIM in Bihar to propose suitable candidates for the elections.

The AIMIM has managed to gain considerable ground in Bihar and in last elections held in 2020 it won five seats - Amour, Kochadhamam, Jokihat, Baisi and Bahadurganj of the 20 seats it had contested. However, since then four out of the five legislators quit the party and joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

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