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Congress Moves to Pacify Anjan Kumar Yadav After Jubilee Hills Ticket Goes to Naveen Yadav

Senior party leaders met the former MP in Hyderabad to head off a possible revolt before the bypoll campaign gathers pace.

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Overview

  • The Congress named recent recruit Naveen Yadav as its Jubilee Hills bypoll candidate on October 8 for the November 11 vote.
  • AICC Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan, P.C. Vishnunadh, Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and Minister G. Vivek visited Anjan Kumar Yadav’s residence to calm tensions.
  • Unconfirmed reports suggest Anjan Kumar Yadav may still file a nomination in defiance of the party decision, with the outcome of talks yet to be announced.
  • Party figures cited his 2023 Assembly defeat, his son’s Rajya Sabha nomination, and a one-post-per-family and local-representation rationale for overlooking his claim.
  • Critics questioned the choice of Naveen Yadav, who joined Congress in 2023 and previously lost the seat as an AIMIM candidate in 2014 and as an independent in 2018.