NEW DELHI: The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( AIMIM ) on Saturday announced it will contest the upcoming Bihar assembly elections and field around 100 candidates, aiming to provide an “alternative” to voters in a state traditionally dominated by the JD(U)-BJP and RJD-Congress blocs. “Our plan is to contest 100 seats. Both the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan will be forced to realise our presence,” AIMIM state president Akhtarul Iman told PTI. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which governs Bihar, comprises the JD(U), BJP, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Hindustani Awam Morcha, while the opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) includes the RJD, Congress, and the three Left parties. “It is now common knowledge that I had written to the RJD

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