BJP eyes Naidu-Pawan duo for Jubilee Hills by-poll campaign
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Hyderabad: The political temperature is rising in the Jubilee Hills by-election as the BJP considers bringing Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan into the campaign arena to bolster its prospects.
The high-stakes contest has three prominent candidates in the fray - Congress nominee Naveen Yadav, BRS candidate Maganti Sunitha, wife of former MLA Maganti Gopinath, and BJP’s Deepak Reddy. With the Congress and BRS already in full swing, the BJP is now looking to inject fresh energy into its campaign by leveraging the star power of its Andhra allies.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has taken the Jubilee Hills contest as a prestige issue, personally leading the campaign for his party candidate. Ministers and Congress leaders are already conducting door-to-door outreach in the constituency. Meanwhile, BRS working president KT Rama Rao has assumed complete responsibility for ensuring Maganti Sunitha’s victory, intensifying his ground campaign.
In this backdrop, the BJP is keen on making a strategic move by roping in Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, who lead the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party (JSP) respectively.
