Hyderabad: While the ruling Congress in Telangana is looking to win the Jubilee Hills Assembly seat in the upcoming bypoll, retaining the seat for the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will in fact be crucial for its survival in the state. While the BRS is very active on the ground, it is however in danger of being marginalised if it manages to give space to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

It may be recalled that the BRS was virtually wiped out in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the the Congress and BJP won eight seats each out of the total 17 in Telangana. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) retained the Hyderabad Parliament constituency. The BRS, which got 39 seats in the 2023 Assembly elections, got 37.35% of votes, just about 2 percent lesser than the 39.40%

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