The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to contest five out of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra in the upcoming general elections, a party leader has said, reported news agency PTI.

Addressing a press conference in Bhiwandi on Sunday, AIMIM's Maharashtra working president Dr Abdul Gaffar Quadri said the party aims to five Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. The party is aiming to field its candidates in North Mumbai, Dhule, Nanded, Bhiwandi and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar seats in the state, reported PTI.