MIM Charminar legislator Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri filed the nomination papers before the returning officer of the Yakutpura constituency on Wednesday.
Mr.Quadri, a three-time MLA, filed two sets of papers.
Yakutpura is considered to
be a bastion of the MIM. The seat was held by Mr.Mumtaz Ahmed Khan since 1994, who has now been fielded from Charminar.
Mr.Quadri who belongs to a Sufi family is a three-time legislator Charminar and MIM general secretary.