While the fight is between the Congress and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in Telangana, the party headed by Asaduddin Owaisi may support the Congress at the Centre to counter the BJP, said AIMIM MLA Imtiyaz Jaleel from Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The party is contesting a parliamentary seat in Maharashtra for the first time with Jaleel being its contender. He will take on four-time sitting MP Chandrakant Khaire of the Shiv Sena in Aurangabad.

The journalist-turned-politician told mid-day that his party would ideally want a non-Congress and non-BJP government but if things don't work that way, his party could extend support to the Congress. Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi headed by Prakash Ambedkar has inked an alliance with the AIMIM.