evidence: By Kamna Hajela Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 6 (ANI): In a bid to extend its reach in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Assembly polls, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is set to open its first party office in the state in Bahraich district, approximately 120 kilometres from capital Lucknow. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi is scheduled to arrive in the state and inaugurate the office in Devipatan Mandal of Bahraich on July 8 Hyderabad-based AIMIM is expanding its party's presence outside Telangana. The party had fielded its candidates in Assembly elections of Maharashtra, Bihar and West Bengal. The Owaisi-led party will try to woo voters of Bahraich and its nearby areas dominated by the Muslim community in the run-up to Assembly elections due next year. The Hyderabad MP had earlier announced that AIMIM will contest 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh polls.