Synopsis : The Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in Telangana announced its support for the Congress in the upcoming Jubilee Hills by-election. The bypoll result is significant for several reasons for all three big players – Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, BRS Working President KT Rama Rao and the BJP — and the Muslim votes are crucial in deciding the winner.

Will the support extended by the All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) prove to be the swing factor in favour of the ruling Congress in the ensuing by-election to the prestigious Jubilee Hills Assembly Constituency in Hyderabad? This is the question being debated in political circles after AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi announced the party’s decision to stay away from the bypoll and support the Congress.

The decision

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