Owaisi had contested last year’s elections in Bihar, which was said to have cut into the Muslim votes that go to the opposition, leading to the NDA’s victory.
His party won five seats in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region — a large figure given that the NDA won just 15 more seats than the Grand Alliance.
After the elections, the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal had dubbed him the ‘B Team of the BJP’.
Owaisi has now announced his party’s intention to contest the next state elections in Uttar Pradesh as part of a front led by former BJP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar.
Owaisi, on Tuesday, had visited some districts of eastern UP accompanied by Rajbhar.
Elections in Uttar Pradesh are due next year.
