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Indian National Congress has declared Naveen Yadav as the party candidate for the upcoming by-election from Jubilee Hills seat of Telangana Assembly. All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary K. C. Venugopal has officially announced this on Wednesday (October 8, 2025).
The Congress party wrote in a statement, ‘Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Naveen Yadav for the by-election on Jubilee Hills Assembly seat of Telangana.’
Politics is heated regarding Jubilee Hills assembly seat
Politics is heated regarding the by-election of Jubilee Hills Assembly seat of Hyderabad because during the Assembly elections in the year 2023, the Congress Party had given ticket to Mohammad Azharuddin, who came to politics from the world of cricket. Who lost the election to Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) candidate Maganti Gopinath by more than 16 thousand votes.
Azharuddin was asking for ticket from Jubilee Hills
In 2023, Maganti Gopinath became MLA by winning the election from Jubilee Hills assembly seat. However, he died after some time. Since then this seat is vacant. At the same time, Azharuddin was once again demanding a ticket from the Congress Party for the by-election on Jubilee Hills seat. He says that the people of Jubilee Hills assembly constituency have always loved me a lot.
The former cricketer said, I got 64,000 votes in the last assembly elections. This shows people’s love for me. Winning and losing is part of life. This is my constituency.
Azharuddin, a veteran leader of the Congress Party and former captain of the Indian cricket team, had given this statement at a time when the ticket was not given by the Congress Party. After the announcement of the ticket, discord may be seen within the Congress.
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