Danam Nagender denies contesting Jubilee Hills bypoll

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.