Overview
- The November 11 vote pits Congress’s Naveen Yadav against BRS’s Maganti Sunitha and BJP’s Lankala Deepak Reddy, with counting on November 14.
- The seat fell vacant after BRS MLA Maganti Gopinath died in June following a heart attack.
- Owaisi urged past BRS supporters in the constituency to back Yadav, citing a promise of development under a younger local leader.
- AIMIM says it wrote to RJD leaders seeking inclusion in the INDIA bloc in Bihar but received no reply.
- The party has named 25 Bihar assembly candidates and says it will contest there alongside Azad Samaj Party and Apni Janata Party.