Zahid Ali Khan is an Indian journalist from Hyderabad who is the editor-in-chief of an Urdu newspaper, The Siasat Daily.

The incumbent was Asaduddin Owaisi, president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party which had held that constituency since 1984.

Editors of The Siasat Daily and ten other news outlets came out in support, noting government and police inaction toward increasing attacks on journalists.

[8] Mahmood Ali, the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, said that Khan had an important place in the country by contributing to social and journalistic fields.

[10] In interviews and editorials in The Siasat Daily, Khan has stated that he feels that Muslims had faced injustice and had not been given power and employment in post-independence India.