Hyderabad: Khairatabad MLA and former minister Danam Nagender dismissed reports that he would contest from Jubilee Hills in the upcoming by-election, calling such talk “mere speculation.”
He said the Congress party’s high command would take the final decision and select a suitable candidate for the seat.
Nagender, who handed over Kalyana Lakshmi, Shaadi Mubarak, and CM Relief Fund cheques to beneficiaries at New MLA Quarters in Adarshnagar, stressed that winning Jubilee Hills was very important for the Congress, given the current political situation.
He reiterated that he would fully support whichever candidate the party nominates and work to ensure a Congress victory in the constituency.
Danam Nagender’s defection to Congress
After the 2023 Telangana Assembly election, Danam Nagender won the Khairatabad seat on a Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) ticket. However, in March 2024, just before the Lok Sabha elections, he defected from BRS and rejoined the Indian National Congress. He then contested the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat as a Congress candidate and lost.
14 nodal officers appointed for Jubilee Hills Assembly bypolls
Hyderabad district election officer RV Karnan on Monday, August 25, appointed 14 nodal officers for the upcoming Jubilee Hills Assembly bypolls.
Here is the list of nodal officers
- Manpower Management – Khairatabad Zonal Commissioner Anurag Jayanthi
- EVM & VVPAT Management – Kukatpally Zonal Commissioner Apoorva Chauvan
- Training – LB Nagar Zonal Commissioner Hemant Keshav Patil
- Transport Management – CTO Srinivas
- Material Management – Admin Additional Commissioner K Venugopal
- MCC – Additional SP (Vigilance) M Sudarshan
- Law and Order, Vulnerable Mapping, District Security Plan – DSP Narasimha Reddy
- Expenditure Monitoring – Chief Examiner of Accounts Venkateswar Reddy
- Election Observers – Assistant Veterinary Officer Wilson
- Dummy Ballot Paper – Secunderabad Zonal Commissioner Ravi Kiran
- Media Communication & MCMC – CPRO Section PRO M. Dasharath
- Cyber Security, IT & Computerization – IT Joint Commissioner C. Radha
- Helpline & Complaint Redressal – IT AE Karthik Kiran
- Webcasting – IT AE Tirumala Kumar
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the special summary revision (SSR) of electoral rolls in view of the upcoming by-election in the Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency.
The updated voter list will be published on September 2. Voters can file claims for inclusion or raise objections about errors between September 2 to September 17. These claims and objections will be addressed by September 25.
The final voter lists will be released on September 30.
Jubilee Hills constituency has 3,92,517 voters, including 2,03,137 men, 1,88,213 women, and 25 transgender persons.
