All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said former Aurangabad Lok Sabha lawmaker Imtiaz Jaleel will contest the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly polls.

Addressing a press conference in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Owaisi also announced the names of legislators Mufti Ismail and Shah Faruk Anwar as well as Farooq Shabdi and Raees Lashkariya as candidates of his party.