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Jubilee Hills victory an alert before an earthquake for opposition: Telangana CM

Hyderabad, Nov 14 (UNI) The Congress party's victory in the Jubilee Hills byelection, is "an alert before an earthquake" for the Opposition, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy warned on Friday.
In byelection results declared for the Jubilee Hills, the stronghold of BRS for nearly a decade, Congress candidate N Naveen Yadav defeated his nearest BRS rival Maganti Sunitha by a margin of 24,711 votes. BJP candidate Lankala Deepak Reddy lost the deposit.
The Jubilee Hills seat fell vacant after the sudden demise of sitting MLA Maganti Gopinath on June 8 this year. The BRS' candidate is the widow of Maganti Gopinath. Gopinath had represented the constituency for three consecutive terms—2014, 2018 and 2023—cementing the BRS' hold in this urban segment.
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