Synopsis : BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao selected Maganti Sunitha Gopinath as the party’s candidate for the by-election for the Jubilee Hills constituency. BRS sources said the party selected Sunitha, wife of Maganti Gopinath, whose death necessitated the election, recognising and respecting his services to the party and the people.

BRS chief and Leader of Opposition in Telangana Assembly K Chandrashekar Rao on Friday, 26 September, selected Maganti Sunitha Gopinath as the party’s candidate for the by-election for the Jubilee Hills constituency.

The death of BRS’s Maganti Gopinath on 8 June 2025 necessitated the bypoll in Jubilee Hills. Gopinath, a three-time MLA, had held Jubilee Hills since 2014 and remained a dominant presence in the constituency. His death created a political vacuum

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