Hyderabad:TPCC working president and former India cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin is more likely to be fielded because the Congress candidate for the upcoming Jubilee Hills Meeting bypoll. Get together sources stated the TPCC management has beneficial his identify and forwarded it to the excessive command for last approval.

In accordance with sources, AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan and TPCC president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy at his residence on Wednesday to debate the bypoll. Based mostly on inner surveys and suggestions from native leaders, it was determined to suggest Azharuddin’s identify.

The by-election was necessitated following the sudden demise of BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath on June 8. Gopinath had defeated Azharuddin within the 2023 Meeting polls by a margin of over 16,000 votes. Following Gopinath’s loss of life, Azharuddin expressed willingness to contest the bypoll, describing Jubilee Hills as his house constituency.

Get together insiders stated Azharuddin’s familiarity with the realm and his candidature within the earlier election weighed in his favour. Nonetheless, the TPCC management has reportedly suggested him to revamp his marketing campaign technique and improve engagement with grassroots leaders and cadre.

Native leaders flagged Azharuddin’s lack of urgency within the earlier election as a key motive for his defeat. They cited delayed campaigning, restricted interplay with occasion employees and weak booth-level mobilisation. The management is alleged to have taken this suggestions significantly earlier than recommending his identify. With the Congress eager to wrest the seat from the BRS, the occasion excessive command is anticipated to finalise Azharuddin’s candidature quickly.