All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi has claimed Congress had offered him ₹25 lakh to cancel his campaign rally in Nirmal, Telangana. He claimed, "Congress people...have so much pride in their wealth. What will you give us? We made Taj Mahal and you will give us (wealth)?" He added, "I am not like them, I cannot sell my promise."